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50 Years of ERIC
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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Groth, Randall E. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2015
Statistical tasks that can be solved in a variety of ways provide rich sites for classroom discourse. Orchestrating such discourse requires careful planning and execution. Five specific practices can help teachers do so. The five practices can be used to structure conversations so that coherent classroom narratives about solutions to tasks may be…
Descriptors: Statistics, Teaching Methods, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Problem Solving
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Groth, Randall E. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2013
The article illustrates how statistical content and pedagogical reasoning were taught in tandem in an undergraduate course. A typical day in the course is described. It is also suggested that practising teachers can benefit from strategies used in the course. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Statistics, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Education, Undergraduate Study
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Groth, Randall E. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2006
The statistical thinking exhibited by 14-19 year-old students during clinical interview sessions is described. The students' thinking with regard to fundamental statistics concepts is reported in order to help inform instructional practice.
Descriptors: Statistics, Teaching Methods, Mathematical Concepts, Interviews