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Putting Cognitive Science Behind a Statistics Teacher's Intuition
Author(s) -
Jones Karrie A.,
Jones Jennifer L.,
Vermette Paul J.
Publication year - 2011
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.1467-9639.2011.00467.x
Subject(s) - intuition , cognition , mathematics education , perspective (graphical) , statistics education , psychology , computer science , cognitive science , artificial intelligence , neuroscience
Summary Recent advances in cognitive science have led to an enriched understanding of how people learn. Using a framework presented by Willingham, this article examines instructional best practice from the perspective of conceptual understanding and its implications on statistics education.