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Lopes, Celi Espasandin; Augusto, Adriana F. De C.; de Toledo, Sezilia Elizabete Rodrigues G. O. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2023
The objective of this article is to discuss the development of statistical and probabilistic reasoning in childhood as a result of an interdisciplinary project, involving the fields of mathematics, statistics, and life sciences. This is a case study with three 10-year-old students from a Brazilian school. The children's oral and written narratives…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
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Grando, Regina Célia; Lopes, Celi Espasandin – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
Research on statistical education in childhood is recent in Brazil. The research has been mainly driven by curriculum reforms and the creation of research groups that investigate teaching, learning, and teacher education practices. The present paper emerges from this scenario and has the aim of investigating practices of creative insubordination…
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Behavior
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Kataoka, Verônica Yumi; Vita, Aida Carvalho; Da Silva, Claudia Borim – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2021
This article aims to investigate the teaching of chance in the context of tactile models (TM) from the perspective of the Theory of Register of Semiotic Representations. In this qualitative research, we sought to identify the different types of semiotic registers and transformations (treatment and conversion), in the solutions of the tasks of the…
Descriptors: Probability, Concept Formation, Mathematical Concepts, Statistics
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de Oliveira Júnior, Ailton Paulo; Zamora, Pedro Rosental; de Oliveira, Lucas Azevedo; de Souza, Thiago Costa – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2018
A simple analysis of the learners' academic status at different levels of education shows that these learners have poor performance in probability and statistics subject and they have negative attitude to this subject. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the attitude and academic achievement of 134 students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Probability, Statistics, Academic Achievement
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de Souza, Antonio Carlos; Lopes, Celi Espasandin; de Oliveira, Débora – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2014
This paper presents discussions on stochastic education in early childhood, based on two doctoral research projects carried out with groups of preschool teachers from public schools in the Brazilian cities of Suzano and São Paulo who were participating in a continuing education program. The objective is to reflect on the analysis of two didactic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistics, Early Childhood Education, Public Education
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dos Santos Ferreira, Robson; Kataoka, Verônica Yumi; Karrer, Monica – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2014
The objective of this paper is to discuss aspects of high school students' learning of probability in a context where they are supported by the statistical software R. We report on the application of a teaching experiment, constructed using the perspective of Gal's probabilistic literacy and Papert's constructionism. The results show improvement…
Descriptors: Probability, Statistics, Courseware, High School Students
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This volume of the 30th annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents: plenary panel papers; research forum papers; short oral communication papers; and poster presentation papers from the meeting. Information relating to discussion groups and working sessions is also provided.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction