Joint ICMI/IASE Study: Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics - Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education, Mexico 2008
30 June - 4 July 2008. ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico
Editors: Carmen Batanero, Gail Burrill, Chris Reading and Allan Rossman
Proceedings for the ICMI Study 18 Conference and IASE 2008 Round Table Conference
[ISBN: 978-90-73592-28-5]
Front Matter
Plenary Sessions- Keynote Lecture
- Panel 1: Fundamental Ideas in Statistics and how they Affect the Training of Teachers
- Panel 2: The Interplay of Probability and Statistics in Teaching and in Training the Teachers
- Panel 3: Technology in the Teaching of Statistics: Potentials and Challenges in Preparing the Teachers
Topic 1: The Current Situation of Teaching Statistics in Schools- Session 1.1: Statistics in the Worldwide Curricula
- Comparing Curricular Approaches for Statistics in Primary School in England and Brazil: A Focus on Graphing
Janet Ainley, School of Education, University of Leicester, United Kingdom and Carlos Monteiro, Centro de Educação, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
- Statistical Literacy in Brazil in High and Middle School: An Analysis of Official Documents
Tânia Maria Mendonça Campos and Cláudia Borim da Silva, Universidade Bandeirante de São Paulo and Irene Maurício Cazorla, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brazil
- Statistics in the South African School Curriculum: Content, Assessment and Teacher Training
Helena Wessels, North West University, South Africa
- Statistics: A Look Across K-8 State Standards
Jill Newton, Purdue University, Leslie Dietiker and Aladar Horvath, Michigan State University, USA
- Session 1.2: Teaching Probability, Modeling and Simulation
- Session 1.3: Issues in Teaching Statistics
Topic 2: Teachers' Attitudes, Knowledge, Conceptions and Beliefs in relation to Statistics Education- Session 2.1: Teachers' Attitudes and Beliefs
- A Study of Preservice Teachers' Attitudes Toward their Role as Students of Statistics and Implications for Future Professional Development in Statistics
Stephen M. Lancaster, California State University Fullerton, USA
- Explaining Teachers' Attitudes towards Statistics
Assumpta Estrada, University of Lleida and Carmen Batanero, University of Granada, Spain
- German Math Teachers' Views on Statistics Education
Peter Sedlmeier, Chemnitz University of Technology and Christoph Wassner, Martin Behaim Gymnasium, Nürnberg, Germany
- Teaching Statistics at the Primary School Level: Beliefs, Affordances, and Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Helen L. Chick and Robyn U. Pierce, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Session 2.2: Pedagogical Content Knowledge
- Establishing PCK for Teaching Statistics
Jane M. Watson and Julie M. Donne, University of Tasmania, Rosemary A. Callingham, University of New England, Australia
- Examining how Teachers' Practices Support Statistical Investigations
Hollylynne S. Lee and Gemma F. Mojica, North Carolina State University, USA
- Teacher Knowledge for Teaching Statistics through Investigations
Tim Burgess, Massey University, New Zealand
- Teachers' Classroom Practice and Students' Learning
Andreas Eichler, Universität Münster, Germany
- Session 2.3: Teachers' Statistical Knowledge 1
- Conceptions of four Pre-Service Teachers on Graphical Representation
Teresa González, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain and Jesús Pinto, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mexico
- Elementary School Teachers' Understanding of the Mean and Median
Tim Jacobbe, University of Kentucky, USA
- Statistical Graphs in the Training of Teachers
María Candelaria Espinel, Alicia Bruno, and Inés Plasencia, Universidad La Laguna, Spain
- Session 2.4: Teachers' Statistical Knowledge 2
Topic 3: Analysing Current Practices in Teacher Education regarding the Teaching of Statistics- Session 3.1: Projects and Data in the Training of Teachers
- Assessing and Developing Pedagogical Content and Statistical Knowledge of Primary School Teachers Through Project Work
Juan D. Godino, Carmen Batanero, Rafael Roa, University of Granada and Miguel R. Wilhelmi, University of Navarra, Spain
- Preparing to Teach Data Analysis and Probability with Technology
Hollylynne S. Lee and Karen F. Hollebrands, North Carolina State University, USA
- Teachers Training in a Realistic Context
Ornella Giambalvo, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy and Linda Gattuso, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
- Session 3.2: Experiences and Perspectives in the Training of Teachers
- Acquisition of Notions of Statistical Variation by in-Service Teachers
Ernesto Sánchez and Jaime García, Departamento de Matemática Educativa Cinvestav, México
- Statistics Teaching for Prospective Teachers of Mathematics: Reflections and Perspectives
Anderson C. S. de Oliveira, Patrícia F. Paranaíba, Verônica Y. Kataoka, Ademária A. de Souza, Fabrícia de M. Oliveira Fernandes and Marcelo Silva, Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Teaching Statistics in Elementary and High School and Teacher Training
Cileda de Queiroz e Silva Coutinho, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil
- The Training of Primary School Teachers in Stochastics and in Stochastic Education in Europe
Antonio Estepa, University of Jaén, Spain
Topic 4: Empowering Teachers to Teach Statistics: A Look into the Future- Session 4.1: Improving Teachers' Statistical Thinking
- Modeling Scatterplot Data and the Signal-Noise Metaphor: Towards Statistical Literacy for Pre-Service Teachers
Joachim Engel and Claudia Wörn, University of Education, Ludwigsburg and Peter Sedlmeier, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
- Teacher Training Program on Teaching Arithmetic Mean by Using the Visual Approach- A Case Study
Hanan Innabi, UAEU, United Arab Emirates
- Towards a Suitable Designed Instruction on Statistical Reasoning: Understanding Sampling Distribution with Technology
Djordje Kadijevich, Megatrend University, Serbia, Vlasta Kokol-Voljc,University of Maribor, Slovenia and Zsolt Lavicza, University of Cambridge, UK
- Variability in a Sampling Context: Enhancing Elementary Preservice Teachers' Conceptions
Daniel L. Canada, Eastern Washington University, USA
- Session 4.2: Training Teachers to Teach Statistical Thinking
- A Model of Learning to Teach Statistical Inquiry
Katie Makar, University of Queensland, Australia
- Developing New Statistical Content Knowledge with Secondary School Mathematics Teachers
Pip Arnold, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Preparing School Teachers to Develop Students' Statistical Reasoning
Joan Garfield, University of Minnesota, USA, and Dani Ben-Zvi, University of Haifa, Israel
- Training Teachers to Develop Statistical Thinking
Maxine Pfannkuch, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Session 4.3: Issues in Training the Teachers
Topic 5: Training Teachers in Developing Countries- Session 5.1: Training Teachers in Developing Countries 1
- A Report on preparing Mathematics Teachers to Teach Statistics in High School
Ahmad Parsian, University of Tehran and Ali Rejali, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran
- The Current Teaching of Statistics in Schools in Uganda
Charles Opolot-Okurut and Margaret Mwanamoiza, Makerere University, Patrick Opyene-Eluk, Islamic University, Uganda
- Training Statistics Teachers for Botswana Senior Schools: Is it Necessary?
Kgomotso Gertrude Garegae, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
- Session 5.2: Training Teachers in Developing Countries 2
- A Teacher Training Case in Junior High Schools of Guangzhou
Xu Shihong, Teaching Research Office of Guangzhou Education Bureau, Lv Yi, Junior High School 18, Liu Yongdong, Tang Bangquan and Pan Reisheng, Teaching Research Office of Tianhe/Panyu/Liwan Districts, Guangzhou, China
- Reform Efforts in Training Statistics Teachers in the Philippines: Challenges and Prospects
Enriqueta D. Reston, University of San Carlos and Lisa Grace S. Bersales, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Philippines
- The Statistical Performance in a Comparative Study between Central American Teachers
M. Alejandra Sorto, Texas State University, USA
Topic 6: Building Collaboration between Mathematics and Statistics Educators in Teacher Education- Session 6.1: Experiences in Collaboration 1
- Session 6.2: Experiences in Collaboration 2
- An on-Line Professional Environment to Improve the Teaching of Statistics
Pilar Azcárate and Ana Serradó, University of Cádiz, Spain, Jose M. Cardeñoso, University of Granada, Spain, Maria Meletiou-Mavroteris and Efi Paparistodemou, Cyprus College, Cyprus
- Introducing Statistics at School Level in South Africa. The Crucial Role Played by the National Statistics Office in Training in-Service Teachers
Delia North, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Jackie Scheiber, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- Teachers' Professional Development in Statistics: The Earlystatistics European Project
Maria Meletiou-Mavrotheris and Efi Paparistodemou, European University, Cyprus, Pilar Azcárate and Ana Serradó, University of Cádiz, Spain, Jose M. Cardeñoso, University of Granada, Spain
- Using Census at School and Tinkerplots? to Support Ontario Elementary Teachers' Statistics Teaching and Learning
Jennifer Hall, Statistics Canada and the University of Ottawa, Canada
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