Students' Expressions of Uncertainty in Making Informal Inference When Engaged in a Statistical Investigation Using TinkerPlots

Autor/inn/en	Henriques, Ana; Oliveira, Hélia
Titel	Students' Expressions of Uncertainty in Making Informal Inference When Engaged in a Statistical Investigation Using TinkerPlots
Quelle	In: Statistics Education Research Journal, 15 (2016) 2, S.62-80 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1570-1824
Schlagwörter	Investigations; Student Attitudes; Statistical Inference; Grade 8; Student Records; Probability; Generalization; Educational Research; Task Analysis; Courseware; Thinking Skills; Evidence; Problem Solving; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Mathematics Teachers; Middle School Teachers; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Untersuchung; Schülerverhalten; Inferential statistics; Schließende Statistik; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Schülerakte; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Aufgabenanalyse; Lernsoftware; Denkfähigkeit; Evidenz; Problemlösen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule
Abstract	This paper reports on the results of a study investigating the potential to embed Informal Statistical Inference in statistical investigations, using TinkerPlots, for assisting 8th grade students' informal inferential reasoning to emerge, particularly their articulations of uncertainty. Data collection included students' written work on a statistical investigation as well as audio and screen records. Results show students' ability to draw conclusions based on data, recognizing that these are constrained by uncertainty, and to use them to make inferences. However, few students used probabilistic language for describing their generalizations. These results highlight the need for working on probabilistic ideas within statistics, helping students to evolve from a deterministic perspective of inference to include uncertainty in their statements. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association for Statistics Education and the International Statistical Institute. PO Box 24070, 2490 AB The Hague, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-70-3375737; Fax: +31-70-3860025; e-mail: isi@cbs.nl; Web site: http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/serj
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01