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The Role of Technology in Teaching and Learning Statistics

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Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics-Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education

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In this chapter the merits, or otherwise, of using technology in teaching and learning statistics are considered. The many affordances that technological advances offer to teachers of statistics and the issues that hinder their widespread use in classrooms are summarised. When statisticians do statistics they get involved with far deeper concepts and carry out activities that require a wider range of cognitive skills compared with just applying techniques. It seems that pedagogic developments have not kept pace with those in software design, in that the opportunity to use computers to engage students in the full statistical enquiry cycle is not being exploited. The authors believe that beginning teachers must be exposed to such opportunities if they are to appreciate the key role that technology could have in facilitating the development of students’ understanding of statistics.

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  1. Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL, UK

    Dave Pratt

  2. Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

    Neville Davies

  3. Clifton Campus, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK

    Doreen Connor

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  1. Fac. Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Granada, Granada, 18071, Spain

    Carmen Batanero

  2. Dept. Counseling,, Educational Psychology &, Michigan State University, Erickson Hall 240, East Lansing, 48824, Michigan, USA

    Gail Burrill

  3. SiMERR National Centre, University of New England, Armidale, 2350, New South Wales, Australia

    Chris Reading

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Pratt, D., Davies, N., Connor, D. (2011). The Role of Technology in Teaching and Learning Statistics. In: Batanero, C., Burrill, G., Reading, C. (eds) Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics-Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education. New ICMI Study Series, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1131-0_13

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