Sharing Ideas And Statistics Learning: The Role Of Peer Interactions In School Context


Book: 
Proceedings of the sixth international conference on teaching statistics, Developing a statistically literate society
Authors: 
Carvalho, C. & César, M.
Editors: 
Phillips, B.
Category: 
Pages: 
Online
Year: 
2002
Publisher: 
International Statistical Institute
URL: 
http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/1/2e2_carv.pdf
Abstract: 

The role of Statistics is becoming increasingly important in today's society. According to several authors, collaborative work has shown to be one of the most adapted forms of facilitating knowledge appropriation and the mobilisation of competencies. The project Interaction and Knowledge has studied and encouraged peer interactions in the Mathematics class, in association with a new didactic or experimental contract, as a way of promoting pupils' performances, allowing them to reach relational knowledge. By analysing excerpts of these interactions we can understand the facilitating character of this working method.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education