Technology, Statistics, And Subtleties Of Measurement: Bridging The Gap Between Science And Mathematics


Book: 
Proceedings of the sixth international conference on teaching statistics, Developing a statistically literate society
Authors: 
Erickson, T.
Editors: 
Phillips, B.
Category: 
Pages: 
Online
Year: 
2002
Publisher: 
International Statistical Institute
URL: 
http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/1/7f2_eric.pdf
Abstract: 

In an ideal world, science students would act as scientists do: investigating their own questions, designing experiments, and so forth. This paper reports on curriculum development and field testing that takes a step in this open-ended direction. To do this, we have focused on integrating more data analysis into science activities; this also gives students a chance to use more mathematics, in an understandable context. This mathematics includes work with functions and variation. A closer look at plausible activities shows us that principles of measurement connect these elements; furthermore, a broad view of measurement reconnects us to our original goal: to expose students more directly to the nature of science.

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

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