Open AccessEXPLORING BEGINNING INFERENCE WITH NOVICE GRADE 7 STUDENTS
Author(s) -
Jane Watson
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
statistics education research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1570-1824
DOI - 10.52041/serj.v7i2.470
Subject(s) - inference , mathematics education , statistical inference , computer science , software , psychology , artificial intelligence , statistics , mathematics , programming language
This study documented efforts to facilitate ideas of beginning inference in novice grade 7 students. A design experiment allowed modified teaching opportunities in light of observation of components of a framework adapted from that developed by Pfannkuch for teaching informal inference with box plots. Box plots were replaced by hat plots, a feature available with the software TinkerPlotsTM. Data in TinkerPlots files were analyzed on four occasions and observed responses to tasks were categorized using a hierarchical model. The observed outcomes provided evidence of change in students’ appreciation of beginning inference over the four sessions. Suggestions for change are made for the use of the framework in association with the intervention and the software to enhance understanding of beginning inference.
First published November 2008 at Statistics Education Research Journal: Archives