Department of Statistics


STATS 708 Topics in Statistical Education


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Below description edited in year: 2017

Points: 15

Credit: There is no final examination. Essay 50%; Journal 20%; Seminar 20%; Task 10%.

Textbooks: There is no set text. A reading list and papers for discussion will be provided.

For Advice: Maxine Pfannkuch (Email: m.pfannkuch@auckland.ac.nz | extn: 88794)

Taught: First Semester City

Website: STATS 708 website

Statistics education is an exciting field of research. This course covers a wide range of New Zealand and international research in statistics education at the school and tertiary level. The focus will be on how probability, statistical investigations, and statistical literacy can be effectively taught and learned. Consideration of issues involved in learning statistics and probability will be examined through research literature discussions, practical applications for the classroom including computer activities, and lectures. By the end of STATS 708 all students should have aimed to produce a scholarly paper on an aspect of statistics education. This will involve a literature review on that aspect; the writing of the paper to a publishable standard; and a presentation of that paper to an audience. In addition, students should be able to state, and argue coherently for, their perspective on statistics education: how and why specific teaching and learning strategies should be used; the implications of research for teaching and learning; the relationship between statistical learning and assessment; and so forth.

Topics studied include: Probability – decision making under uncertainty, students’ probabilistic conceptions; Statistical Reasoning – students’ understanding of specific statistics content such as averages, distributions, graphs; Statistical Investigations – key ideas underlying data-based enquiry; Statistics and Technology – data analysis and probability modelling software, developing students’ statistical and probabilistic concepts such as inference using technology and visual reasoning learning approaches; Statistical Literacy; Statistics in the Curriculum – conceptual development pathways and assessment.

STATS 708 will involve lectures, practical tasks, and discussion. Each session will require pre-reading of papers and/or pre-viewing of web-based talks and/ or a practical exercise.


Disclaimer:
Although every reasonable effort is made to ensure accuracy, this information for the course year (2017), is provided as a general guide only for students and is subject to alteration. All students enrolling at the University of Auckland must consult its official document, the University of Auckland Calendar, to ensure that they are aware of and comply with all regulations, requirements and policies.



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