Description: Statistical Literacy at School Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Growth and Goals Author(s): Jane M. Watson Format: Hardback Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States Imprint: Routledge ISBN-13: 9780805853988, 978-0805853988 Synopsis This book reveals the development of students' understanding of statistical literacy. It provides a way to "see" student thinking and gives readers a deeper sense of how students think about important statistical topics. Intended as a complement to curriculum documents and textbook series, it is consistent with the current principles and standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The term "statistical literacy" is used to emphasize that the purpose of the school curriculum should not be to turn out statisticians but to prepare statistically literate school graduates who are prepared to participate in social decision making. Based on ten years of research--with reference to other significant research as appropriate--the book looks at students' thinking in relation to tasks based on sampling, graphical representations, averages, chance, beginning inference, and variation, which are essential to later work in formal statistics. For those students who do not proceed to formal study, as well as those who do, these concepts provide a basis for decision making or questioning when presented with claims based on data in societal settings. Statistical Literacy at School: Growth and Goals: *establishes an overall framework for statistical literacy in terms of both the links to specific school curricula and the wider appreciation of contexts within which chance and data-handling ideas are applied; *demonstrates, within this framework, that there are many connections among specific ideas and constructs; *provides tasks, adaptable for classroom or assessment use, that are appropriate for the goals of statistical literacy; *presents extensive examples of student performance on the tasks, illustrating hierarchies of achievement, to assist in monitoring gains and meeting the goals of statistical literacy; and *includes a summary of analysis of survey data that suggests a developmental hierarchy for students over the years of schooling with respect to the goal of statistical literacy. Statistical Literacy at School: Growth and Goals is directed to researchers, curriculum developers, professionals, and students in mathematics education as well those across the curriculum who are interested in students' cognitive development within the field; to teachers who want to focus on the concepts involved in statistical literacy without the use of formal statistical techniques; and to statisticians who are interested in the development of student understanding before students are exposed to the formal study of statistics.
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Book Title: Statistical Literacy at School
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Name: Statistical Literacy at School: Growth and Goals
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis INC International Concepts
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: Mathematics, Teaching
Publication Year: 2006
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 590 g
Author: Jane M. Watson
Item Width: 152 mm
Series: Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series
Format: Hardcover
