Helping Students Develop Statistical Reasoning: Implementing a Statistical Reasoning Learning Environment

Authors: 
Joan Garfield, Dani Ben-Zvi
Type: 
Journal Article
Volume: 
31(3)
Pages: 
Online
Year: 
2009
Publisher: 
Teaching Statistics
URL: 
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122544452/abstract
Abstract: 

his article describes a model for an interactive, introductory secondary- or tertiary-level statistics course that is designed to develop students' statistical reasoning. This model is called a 'Statistical Reasoning Learning Environment' and is built on the constructivist theory of learning.

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