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Reasoning with Data – Time for a Rethink?
Author(s) -
Nicholson James,
Ridgway Jim,
McCusker Sean
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9639.2006.0228a.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , mathematics education , computer science , data science , psychology , pedagogy
Summary Reasoning with data is already pervasive in society, and its importance as a life skill is increasing. We argue that the current statistics curriculum in the United Kingdom at the secondary level does not prepare our young people adequately, and suggest ways in which it could be improved.