The teaching of probability and statistics in schools: Issues for interdisciplinary reflection


Book: 
Proceedings of the First Scientific Meeting of the International Association for Statistical Education
Authors: 
Lombardo, E., Rossi, C., & Zuliani, A.
Editors: 
Brunelli, L., & Cicchitelli, G.
Category: 
Pages: 
13-25
Year: 
1993
Publisher: 
University of Perugia, Italy
Place: 
Perugia, Italy
Abstract: 

In the following discussion several issues are presented for interdisciplinary reflection on the teaching of Probability and Statistics in preparatory school. they are set out according to a scheme which links this particular subject, with, in the first place, other disciplines - mathematics, physical-natural sciences, humanities and social sciences; secondly, with the variables of individual learning and modes of scholastic organization; and finally, with environmental variables (see scheme 1). The scheme is organized around problems and disciplines involved in the didactic complex and incorporates many features of the learning-teaching process. Some of the issues originate in the Italian reality; they may also be valid in other national contexts.

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