Using research projects to help develop high school students' statistical thinking


Authors: 
Groth, R. E., Powell, N. N.
Volume: 
97(2)
Pages: 
106-109
Year: 
2004
Publisher: 
Mathematics Teacher
Abstract: 

This article describes two projects in which we attempted to help Advanced Placement (AP) statistics students become proficient at moving through the investigative cycle. Although the projects were implemented in an AP class, they could be included as part of any class in which linear equations and best-fit lines are studied. As we describe the two projects, we also discuss some of our reflections on the extent to which the projects helped our students become more proficient. In the first project, the students focused on the data analysis and inference phases. In the second project, the students had the opportunity to experience all phases of the cycle.

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