Graph Interpretation Aspects of Statistical Literacy: A Japanese Perspective


Authors: 
Kazuhiro Aoyama & Max Stephens
Volume: 
15(3)
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2003
Publisher: 
Mathematics Education Research Journal
URL: 
http://www.merga.net.au/documents/MERJ_15_3_Aoyama.pdf
Abstract: 

Many educators and researchers are trying to define statistical literacy for the 21st<br>century. Kimura, a Japanese science educator, has suggested that a key task of<br>statistical literacy is the ability to extract qualitative information from quantitative<br>information, and/or to create new information from qualitative and quantitative<br>information. This article presents research that offers a theoretical basis using the<br>SOLO Taxonomy to capture students' ability to create new information from<br>qualitative and quantitative information. This research shows that the "creation of<br>dimensionally new information" is a complex construct requiring further research<br>and a deeper analysis than Kimura appears to have used.

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