A review of the literature on learning and understanding probability


Book: 
A paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April
Authors: 
delMas, R. C.
Pages: 
22-Jan
Year: 
2002
Publisher: 
New Orleans, LA
Abstract: 

One of the most challenging aspects of teaching statistics is helping students to understand concepts of randomness and probability. Research reveals that sutdents bring many misconceptions to their study of probability that are difficult to eradicate. Moreover, experience indicates that students often find the study of probability to be very frustrating and often disconnected from the study of statistics.

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