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Direct linkLee, Hollylynne Stohl; Angotti, Robin L.; Tarr, James E. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2010
We examined how middle school students reason about results from a computer-simulated die-tossing experiment, including various representations of data, to support or refute an assumption that the outcomes on a die are equiprobable. We used students' actions with the software and their social interactions to infer their expectations and whether or…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 6, Comparative Analysis, Hypothesis Testing
Jones, Dustin L.; Tarr, James E. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2007
We analyze probability content within middle grades (6, 7, and 8) mathematics textbooks from a historical perspective. Two series, one popular and the other alternative, from four recent eras of mathematics education (New Math, Back to Basics, Problem Solving, and Standards) were analyzed using the Mathematical Tasks Framework (Stein, Smith,…
Descriptors: Modern Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Textbooks, Back to Basics
