Book:
Thinking and reasoning with data and chance: Sixty-eighth Yearbook.
Editors:
Burrill, G. F.
Type:
Category:
Pages:
103-116
Year:
2006
Publisher:
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Reston, VA.
Abstract:
This article describes the project "A Statistical Study of Generations" that attempts to engage high school students and also teach sound mathematical and statistical reasoning. Some evidence is presented that students' were disposed to view mathematics as "sensible, useful, and doable".
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