ERIC Number: EJ1195833
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Dec
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Statistical Modeling to Promote Students' Aggregate Reasoning with Sample and Sampling
Aridor, Keren; Ben-Zvi, Dani
ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, v50 n7 p1165-1181 Dec 2018
While aggregate reasoning is a core aspect of statistical reasoning, its development is a key challenge in statistics education. In this study we examine how students' aggregate reasoning with samples and sampling (ARWSS) can emerge in the context of statistical modeling activities of real phenomena. We present a case study on the emergent ARWSS of two pairs of sixth graders (age 11-12) involved in statistical data analysis and informal inference utilizing TinkerPlots. The students' growing understandings of various statistical concepts is described and five perceptions the students expressed are identified. We discuss the contribution of modeling to these progressions followed by conclusions and limitations of these results. While idiosyncratic, the insights contribute to the understanding of students' aggregate reasoning with data and models, with regards to samples and sampling.
Descriptors: Grade 6, Student Attitudes, Thinking Skills, Statistics, Case Studies, Inferences, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Sampling, Data Analysis, Computer Software, Concept Formation, Mathematical Models
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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