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Aridor, Keren; Ben-Zvi, Dani – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
This article examines how two processes--reasoning with statistical modelling of a real phenomenon and aggregate reasoning--can co-emerge. We focus in this case study on the emergent reasoning of two fifth graders (aged 10) involved in statistical data analysis, informal inference, and modelling activities using TinkerPlots™. We describe nine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Logical Thinking, Statistics
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Green, Jennifer L.; Smith, Wendy M.; Kerby, April T.; Blankenship, Erin E.; Schmid, Kendra K.; Carlson, Mary Alice – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2018
In this study, we examined how in-service middle-level mathematics teachers used statistics in their own classroom research. Using an embedded single-case design, we analyzed a purposefully selected sample of nine teachers' classroom research papers, identifying several themes within each phase of the statistical problem solving process to…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Statistics, Inservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Teachers
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Paparistodemou, Efi; Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2008
This paper focuses on developing students' informal inference skills, reporting on how a group of third grade students formulated and evaluated data-based inferences using the dynamic statistics data-visualization environment TinkerPlots[TM] (Konold & Miller, 2005), software specifically designed to meet the learning needs of students in the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Data Analysis, Grade 3, Statistics