Assessment: New Ways of Pupil Evaluation Using Real Data.

Authors: 
Holmes, P.
Editors: 
Goodall, G.
Type: 
Journal Article
Category: 
Teaching
Volume: 
24(3)
Pages: 
87-89
Year: 
2002
Publisher: 
Teaching Statistics
Abstract: 

Typically, external assessment of school statistics concentrates on lower--level skills. This article discusses how use of the real data of CensusAtSchool makes it possible to devise questions and activities that assess deeper levels of understanding, as described in BloomÅfs Taxonomy of Cognitive Learning.

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