USING CENSUS AT SCHOOL AND TINKERPLOTS™ TO SUPPORT ONTARIO ELEMENTARY TEACHERS' STATISTICS TEACHING AND LEARNING

Authors: 
Jennifer Hall
Type: 
Proceedings
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2008
Publisher: 
Proceedings from the joint ICMI/IASE Study Statistics in School Mathematics.<br>Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education
URL: 
http://www.ugr.es/~icmi/iase_study/Files/Contents.htm
Abstract: 

This paper outlines the successful professional development workshops provided by Canada's National Statistical Agency, Statistics Canada, for the Census at School program. Workshops for this international in-class online survey program help teachers develop statistical knowledge and teaching competencies. Workshop participants develop more positive attitudes toward statistics teaching and learning through hands-on exploration. Furthermore, by analyzing the Census at School data with TinkerPlots&trade; dynamic statistical software, participants learn to use technology to maximize statistical learning.

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