Book:
The Second International Conference on Teaching Statistics, 1986
Editors:
Davidson, R., & Swift, J.
Type:
Category:
Pages:
68-72
Year:
1986
Publisher:
The Second International Committee on Teaching Statistics
Place:
Victoria, B.C.
Abstract:
In England and Wales all pupils take major examinations at the age of 16. Until recently these were either the General Certificate of Education (GCE) for the more-able pupils and the Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) for those not taking the GCE. As from courses starting this year there will be only one set of examinations, the GCSE, which are aimed at pupils of all abilities. Whilst combining the two systems the opportunity has been taken to rethink all the syllabuses and the purposes for which they are devised. This rethinking shows in published national criteria. All syllabuses have to conform to general criteria, many individual syllabuses have their own extra subject specific criteria (but statistics is not one of these).
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