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Crime scenes and mystery players! Using driving questions to support the development of statistical literacy
Author(s) -
Leavy Aisling,
Hourigan Mairead
Publication year - 2015
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/test.12088
Subject(s) - literacy , statistical analysis , psychology , mathematics education , computer science , criminology , applied psychology , statistics , mathematics , pedagogy
We argue that the development of statistical literacy is greatly supported by engaging students in carrying out statistical investigations. We describe the use of driving questions and interesting contexts to motivate two statistical investigations. The PPDAC cycle is use as an organizing framework to support the process statistical investigation.