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dc.contributor.authorJones, Graham A.
dc.contributor.authorLangrall, Cynthia W.
dc.contributor.authorThornton, Carol A.
dc.contributor.authorMooney, Edward S.
dc.contributor.authorWares, Arsalan
dc.contributor.authorJones, Marion R.
dc.contributor.authorPerry, Bob
dc.contributor.authorPutt, Ian J.
dc.contributor.authorNisbet, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:31:35Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:31:35Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.identifier.issn07323123
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0732-3123(01)00064-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/3837
dc.description.abstractThis study designed and evaluated a teaching experiment in data exploration for second grade students. A research-based framework that incorporated a description of elementary students' statistical thinking on four constructs and across four levels of thinking informed the hypothetical learning trajectory for the teaching experiment. Qualitative evidence from four target students revealed that: (a) experiences with different kinds of data reduced children's idiosyncratic descriptions; (b) categorical data were more problematic than numerical data; (c) technology stimulated and influenced children's thinking in relation to organizing and representing data; (d) children displayed multifaceted conceptual knowledge of center and spread; and (e) children's contextual knowledge was a key factor in being able to analyze and interpret data. By the end of the intervention, the class data as a whole showed that at least 84% of the students was exhibiting Level 2 thinking or better on all constructs, i.e., they were no longer exhibiting idiosyncratic thinking.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier Science
dc.publisher.placeUSA
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom109
dc.relation.ispartofpageto144
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Mathematical Behavior
dc.relation.ispartofvolume20
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMathematical Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode01
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode13
dc.titleUsing students' statistical thinking to inform instruction
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2015-05-05T05:04:16Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorNisbet, Steven


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