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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Explanations and Context in the Emergence of Students' Informal Inferential Reasoning
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Gil, Einat; Ben-Zvi, Dani – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2011
Explanations are considered to be key aids to understanding the study of mathematics, science, and other complex disciplines. This paper discusses the role of students' explanations in making sense of data and learning to reason informally about statistical inference. We closely follow students' explanations in which they utilize their experiences…
Descriptors: Statistical Inference, Abstract Reasoning, Grade 6, Elementary School Students
The Reasoning behind Informal Statistical Inference
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Makar, Katie; Bakker, Arthur; Ben-Zvi, Dani – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2011
Informal statistical inference (ISI) has been a frequent focus of recent research in statistics education. Considering the role that context plays in developing ISI calls into question the need to be more explicit about the reasoning that underpins ISI. This paper uses educational literature on informal statistical inference and philosophical…
Descriptors: Statistics, Instruction, Statistical Inference, Grade 6