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| Year | Author | Institution | Title | Supervisor | Files (PDF) |
| 2012 | Audbjorg Bjornsdottir | U. Minnesota, USA | Evaluating the Use of Two Different Models of Collaborative Tests in an Online Introductory Statistics Course | Joan Garfield, Michelle Everson | Abstract (14KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2012 | Caroline Ramirez-Faghih | U.Cal. Davis, USA | Fostering Change in College Students' Statistical Reasoning and Motivation through Statistical Investigation | Rebecca Ambrose, Jessica Utts | Abstract (19KB) | Full version (6MB) |
| 2012 | Jiyoon Park | U.Minnesota, USA | Developing and Validating an Instrument to Measure College Students' Inferential Reasoning in Statistics: An argument-based approach to validation | Robert delMas, Joan Garfield | Abstract (11KB) | Full version (3MB) |
| 2011 | Amanda T. Saw | Claremont Graduate U., USA | Learner Control, Expertise, and Self-Regulation: Implications for web-based statistics tutorials | Dale E. Berger | Abstract (1MB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2011 | Gil Seong Mun | Chonbuk National U., South Korea | On Developing an Integrated Teaching and Learning Environment Providing a Bridge between Research Findings and Teaching Practice in Statistics Education | Kyung Soo Han | Abstract (68KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2011 | Mikhail Turegun | U. Oklahoma, USA | A Model for Developing and Assessing Community College Students' Conceptions of the Range, Interquartile Range, and Standard Deviation | Stacy Reeder | Abstract (153KB) | Full version (859KB) |
| 2011 | Monica Dabos | U. of California Santa Barbara, USA | Two-Year College Mathematics Instructors' Conceptions of Variation | Mary Betsy Brenner, Dawn Holmes | Abstract (54KB) | Full version (4MB) |
| 2011 | Pamela Mery | San Francisco State U., USA | A Mixed Methods Study of a Statistics Pathway for Community College Students Placed Into Developmental Mathematics | Helen Hyun | Abstract (196KB) | Full version (1MB) |
| 2010 | Colin Stuart Carmichael | U. Tasmania, Australia | The Development of Middle School Children's Interest in Statistical Literacy | Rosemary Callingham, Ian Hay & Jane Watson | Abstract (55KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2010 | Jesús Enrique Pinto Sosa | U. Salamanca, Spain | Pedagogical content knowledge on the representation of data statistics: studies (in Spanish with Abstract also in English) | María Teresa González Astudillo | Abstract (58KB) | Full version (4MB) |
| 2010 | Melissa M. Sovak | U. Pittsburgh, USA | The Effect of Student-Driven Projects on the Development of Statistical Reasoning | Leon J. Gleser | Abstract (37KB) | Full version (3MB) |
| 2010 | Stijn Vanhoof | Katholieke U. Leuven, Belgium | Statistics Attitudes in University Students: Structure, stability, and relationship with achievement | Patrick Onghena | Abstract (137KB) | Full version (713KB) |
| 2009 | Jana Visnovska | Vanderbilt University, USA | Supporting Mathematics Teachers' Learning: Building on current instructional practices to achieve a professional development agenda | Paul Cobb | Abstract (12KB) | Full version (3MB) |
| 2009 | Jonathan Baker | Ohio State U., USA | Web-Based vs. Classroom Instruction of Statistics | Patricia Brosnan | Abstract (76KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2009 | Pieternella S. Verhoeven | University of Utrecht, The Netherlands | Quality in Statistics Education. Determinants of Course Outcomes in Methods & Statistics Education at Universities and Colleges | Joop Hox & Mart Jan de Jong | Abstract (83KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2009 | Susan Peters | Pennsylvania State U., USA | Developing an Understanding of Variation: AP Statistics teachers' perceptions and recollections of critical moments | Rose Mary Zbiek | Abstract (160KB) | Full version (3MB) |
| 2008 | Hans van Buuren | Open Universiteit Nederland | From subject-oriented to competence-based statistics education. An intervention study in a school of psychology. (Dissertation in Dutch. English Abstract includes an 6-page description in English). | Jasper von Grumbkow, Marcel van der Klink | Abstract (205KB) | Full version (5MB) |
| 2008 | Javier Alejandro Corredor | U. Pittsburgh, USA | Learning Statistical Inference Through Computer-Supported Simulation and Data Analysis | Gaea Leinhardt | Abstract (85KB) | Full version (3MB) |
| 2008 | Leigh Slauson | Ohio State U. | Students’ Conceptual Understanding of Variability | Patricia Brosnan | Abstract (48KB) | Full version (5MB) |
| 2008 | Mark Marnich | University of Pittsburgh, USA | A Knowledge Structure for the Arithmetic Mean: Relationships between Statistical Conceptualizations and Mathematical Concepts | Ellen Ansell | Abstract (12KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2008 | Sandra Madden | Western Michigan University, USA | High School Mathematics Teachers' Evolving Understanding of Comparing Distributions | Christian R. Hirsch | Abstract (61KB) | Full version (5MB) |
| 2008 | Stephanie A. Casey | Illinois State U., USA | Subject Matter Knowledge for Teaching Statistical Association | Cynthia Langrall | Abstract (52KB) | Full version (1MB) |
| 2007 | Carmen Diaz | University of Granada, Spain | Viabilidad de la enseñanza de la inferencia bayesiana en el análisis de datos en psicología (Suitability of teaching bayesian inference in data analysis courses directed to psychologists) ("Abstract" is 66 page summary in English) | Dr. Inmaculada de la Fuente | Abstract (974KB) | Full version (5MB) |
| 2007 | Cláudia Borim da Silva | Pontificia U. Sao Paulo, Brazil | Pensamento Estatístico e raciocínio sobre variação: um estudo com Professores de Matemática (Statistical Thinking and Variation Reasoning: a study with Mathematics Teachers - Abstract in English) | Cileda de Queiroz e Silva Coutinho | Abstract (304KB) | Full version (1MB) |
| 2007 | Debbie MacCullough | Penn State U., USA | A Study of Experts' Understanding of Arithmetic Mean | Martin Simon | Abstract (12KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2007 | Dirk Tiemen Tempelaar | Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands | Expectancy-value based achievement motivations and their role in student learning (almost all in English) | W. H. Gijselaers | Abstract (55KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2007 | Jason Schenker | Kent State U.,USA | The Effectiveness of Technology Use in Statistics Instruction in Higher Education: A meta-analysis using hierarchical linear modeling | Shawn M. Fitzgerald | Abstract (12KB) | Full version (637KB) |
| 2007 | Jennifer Noll | Portland State U. | Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Statistical Knowledge for Teaching | Michael Shaughnessy and Karen Marrongelle | Abstract (24KB) | Full version (4MB) |
| 2007 | Lucas Michel Budé | Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands | On the Improvement of Students’ Conceptual Understanding in Statistics Education | Martijn P.F. Berger | Abstract (15KB) | Full version (508KB) |
| 2007 | Mario Antonio Davidson | Ohio State U., USA | Understanding the Burdens of Race at a Predominantly White University: The experiences of underrepresented students in an introductory statistics course | Patricia Brosnan, Peter Demerath, William Notz | Abstract (14KB) | Full version (555KB) |
| 2007 | Matthew Ciancetta | Portland State U., Oregon, USA | Statistics Students’ Reasoning When Comparing Distributions of Data | Michael Shaughnessy | Abstract (61KB) | Full version (4MB) |
| 2007 | Morgan Earp | University of Denver, Colorado, USA | Development and Validation of the Statistics Anxiety Measure | Kathy E. Green | Abstract (41KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2007 | Rossi Hassad | Touro U. International, Cypress, Cal., USA | Development and Validation of a Scale for Measuring Instructors’ Attitudes toward | Anthony Coxon | Abstract (62KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2007 | Sharon Lane-Getaz | U. of Minnesota, USA | Development and Validation of a Research-based Assessment: Reasoning about P-values and Statistical Significance | Joan Garfield and Robert delMas | Abstract (56KB) | Full version (975KB) |
| 2007 | Tim Burgess | Massey U., New Zealand | Investigating the Nature of Teacher Knowledge Needed and Used in Teaching Statistics | Margaret Walshaw & Glenda Anthony | Abstract (50KB) | Full version (4MB) |
| 2007 | Timothy Jacobbe | Clemson University, Sth Carolina, USA | Elementary school teachers’ understanding of essential topics in statistics and the influence of assessment instruments and a reform curriculum upon their understanding | Bob Horton, | Abstract (56KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2006 | Andy Zieffler | U. of Minnesota, USA | A Longitudinal Investigation of the Development of College Students’ Reasoning About Bivariate Data During an Introductory Statistics Course | Joan Garfield | Abstract (15KB) | Full version (4MB) |
| 2006 | Beomsoo Han | Chonbuk National U., South Korea | Design of an Introductory Statistics Education Model: Understanding of student, interaction, and activity-based learning | Kyung Soo Han | Abstract (56KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2006 | David Sears | Stanford U., USA | Effects of Innovation Versus Efficiency Tasks on Collaboration and Learning | Daniel Schwartz | Abstract (15KB) | Full version (610KB) |
| 2006 | Jennifer Julia Kaplan | U. of Texas at Austin, USA | Factors in Statistics Learning: Developing a dispositional attribution model to describe differences in the development of statistical proficiency | Philip Uri Treisman | Abstract (43KB) | Full version (3MB) |
| 2006 | Jonathan Moritz | University of Tasmania, Australia | Developing Students' Understandings and Representations of Statistical Covariation | Jane Watson | Abstract (64KB) | Full version (7MB) |
| 2006 | Sibel Kazak | Washington U., St Louis, USA | Investigating Elementary School Students’ Reasoning About Distributions in Various Chance Events | Jere Confrey | Abstract (49KB) | Full version (3MB) |
| 2005 | Birgit Christina Aquilonius | U. of California, Santa Barbara, USA | How Do College Students Reason About Hypothesis Testing in Introductory Statistics Courses? | Mary E. Brenner | Abstract (13KB) | Full version (569KB) |
| 2005 | Mari Murtonen | U. of Turku, Finland | Learning of Quantitative Research Methods - University Students’ Views, Motivation, and Difficulties in Learning | Erno Lehtinen and Erkki Olkinuora | Abstract (18KB) | Full version (5MB) |
| 2005 | Yan Liu | Vanderbilt U., Tennesee, USA | Teachers’ understandings of probability and statistical inference and their implications for professional development | Patrick Thompson | Abstract (291KB) | Full version (5MB) |
| 2004 | Arthur Bakker | Freudenthal Instituut, Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands | Design research in statistics education: On symbolizing and computer tools. | Koeno Gravemeijer, Gellof Kanselaar & Jan de Lange | Abstract (84KB) | Full version (4MB) |
| 2004 | Daniel Lee Canada | Portland State U., USA | Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Conceptions of Variation | Mike Shaughnessy | Abstract (12KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2004 | Katie M. Makar | U. of Texas at Austin, USA | Developing statistical inquiry: Prospective secondary math and science teachers' investigations of equity and fairness through analysis of accountability data. | Jere Confrey and Jill Marshall | Abstract (69KB) | Full version (1008KB) |
| 2004 | Luis Saldanha | Vanderbilt U., USA | “Is This Sample Unusual?”: An Investigation of Students Exploring Connections Between Sampling Distributions and Statistical Inference. | Patrick Thompson | Abstract (56KB) | Full version (7MB) |
| 2004 | Maria Alejandra Sorto | Michigan State U., USA | Prospective Middle School Teachers’ Knowledge about Data Analysis and its Application to Teaching | Sharon Senk | Abstract (56KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2004 | Teri Rysz | University of Cincinnati, USA | Metacognition in Learning Elementary Probability and Statistics | Janet C. Bobango and Daniel D. Wheeler | Abstract (13KB) | Full version (671KB) |
| 2003 | Ana Serradó Bayés | U. of Cádiz, Spain | Dealing with Chance in Secondary School | Pilar Azcarate and Jose M. Cardeñoso | Abstract (59KB) | |
| 2003 | Espasandin Lopes, C. A. | U. of Campinas, Brazil | O conhecimento profissional dos professores e suas relações com estatística e probabilidade na educação infantile (Teacher’s profesional knowledge in relation to statistics and probability in primary school education). | Anna Regina Lanner de Moura | Abstract (61KB) | |
| 2003 | Jeffrey Hovermill Shamatha | U. of Colorado, USA | Technology-Supported Inquiry Learning in Mathematics and Statistics with Fathom: A Professional Development Project | Dominic Peressini | Abstract (67KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2003 | Randall E. Groth | Illinois State U., USA | Development of a High School Statistical Thinking Framework | Cynthia Langrall and Edward Mooney | Abstract (12KB) | Full version (703KB) |
| 2002 | Cazorla, I.M. | U. of Campinas, Brazil | A relação entre a habilidade viso-pictórica e o domínio de conceitos estatísticos na leitura de gráficos (The relationships between visual-pictoric ability and understanding of statistical concepts in graph reading).. | Márcia Regina Ferreira de Brito | Abstract (58KB) | |
| 2002 | Estrada, A. | Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain | Análisis de las actitudes y conocimientos estadísticos elementales en la formación del profesorado. | Carmen Batanero y Jose María Fortuny | Abstract (60KB) | |
| 2002 | Felicity Boyd | Johns Hopkins U., USA | Methods of Learning in Statistical Education: Design and analysis of a randomized trial | Marie Diener-West | Abstract (15KB) | Full version (6MB) |
| 2002 | Gilda Lisboa Guimarães | Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil | Interpretando E Construindo Gráficos De Barras (Interpreting and Building Bar Graphs) | Antonio Roazzi, Verônica Ferreira | Abstract (224KB) | Full version (1MB) |
| 2002 | Gwendolyn Zimmermann | Illinois State University, USA | Students’ Reasoning About Probability Simulations During Instruction | Graham A. Jones, Cynthia Langrall | Abstract (13KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2002 | Laurie H. Rubel | Teachers College, Columbia University, USA | Probabilistic Misconceptions: Middle and High School Students' Mechanisms for Judgments Under Uncertainty | Henry Pollak | Abstract (14KB) | |
| 2001 | Anne Louise Porter | U. of Wollongong, Australia | Improving Statistical Education through the Experience of Reflective Practice | John Hedberg & David Griffiths | Abstract (15KB) | Full version (3MB) |
| 2001 | Baloglu, M. | Texas A&M U. - Commerce, USA | An application of structural equation modeling techniques in the prediction of statistics anxiety among college students. | Paul F. Zelhart | Abstract (61KB) | |
| 2001 | Bialas, P. J. | Columbia U. Teachers College | Spreadsheet use in an elementary statistics course. | Phillip J. Smith | Abstract (55KB) | |
| 2001 | Condor, J. A. | U. of South Florida, USA | Effects of computer coaching in metacognitively cued elementary statistics instruction. | James, A. White and Michael F. Chappell | Abstract (58KB) | |
| 2001 | Dani Ben-Zvi | Weizmann Inst. of Science, Isreal | Exploratory Data Analysis by Junior High School Students in a Computer Assisted Environment | Abraham Arcavi, Alex Friedlander | Abstract (15KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2001 | Gunnarsson, C. L. | U. of Cincinnati, USA | Student attitude and achievement in an online graduate statistics course. | Suzanne W. Soled | Abstract (56KB) | |
| 2001 | Liliana Tauber | U. of Sevilla, Spain | La construcción del significado de la distribución normal a partir de actividades de análisis de datos [Building the meaning of normal distributions from data analysis activities]. | Carmen Batanero and Victoria Sánchez | Abstract (67KB) | |
| 2001 | Mark Earley | U. of Toledo, Ohio, USA | Investigating the development of knowledge structures in introductory statistics. | Thomas G. Dunn | Abstract (66KB) | |
| 2001 | Miller, G. F. (2001). | Columbia U. Teachers College, USA | The relationship between college student learning styles and assessment methods in elementary statistics. | Phillip J. Smith | Abstract (57KB) | |
| 2001 | Omar Rouan | Université de Rabat, France | Lecture et Interprétation des représentations graphiques des données statistiques chez les élèves et les enseignants du secondaire [Secondary school students and teachers’ reading and interpretation of statistical data graphical representations].. | Driss Lamrabet | Abstract (63KB) | |
| 2001 | Phyllis, H. | Columbia U. Teachers College, USA | The effects of using computer manipulatives in teaching probability concepts to elementary school students. | Brice R. Vogelli | Abstract (42KB) | |
| 2001 | Scott, J. S. | U. of Georgia, USA | Modeling aspects of students' attitudes and performance in an undergraduate introductory statistics course. | Joseph Wisenbaker | Abstract (43KB) | |
| 2001 | Sharkey, C. K. | The American University | Secondary school students conceptions, factors behind achievement, and problem solving strategies with stochastic problems. | Lyn Stallings | Abstract (60KB) | |
| 2000 | Hollylynne Stohl Drier | U. of Virginia, USA | Children's Probabilistic Reasoning in a Computer Microworld | Joe Garofalo | Abstract (48KB) | Full version (6MB) |
| 2000 | Jacqueline B. Miller | Ohio State U. | The Quest for the Constructivist Statistics Classroom: Viewing Practice Through Constructivist Theory | Emmalou Norland and William I. Notz | Abstract (49KB) | Full version (9MB) |
| 2000 | Li Jun | Nanyang Technological U., Singapore | Chinese students’ understanding of probability. | Lionel Pereira-Mendoza | Abstract (53KB) | Full version (2MB) |
| 2000 | Maggie Back McGatha | Peabody College of Vanderbilt U., USA | Instructional Design in the Context of Classroom-Based Research: Documenting the learning of a research team as it engaged in a mathematics design experiment | | Abstract (71KB) | |
| 2000 | Maria Meletiou | U. of Texas at Austin, USA | Student Understanding of Variation. An Untapped Well in Statistical Reasoning. | Jere Confrey | Abstract (10KB) | Full version (1MB) |
