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The Role of Statistical Offices and Associations in Supporting the Teaching of Statistics at School Level

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

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In many countries mathematics curricula for primary and secondary schools have been reformed to include statistics. At the same time, national statistics offices have recognised that statistics, if taught meaningfully at school-level, would promote statistical literacy and lead to a better understanding of national statistics office activities, such as census. A number of national statistics offices and statistical associations have thus embarked on projects that develop materials for use in the classroom and/or assist school teachers to engage more meaningfully with the statistics content of the school syllabus. This chapter gives a few specific examples of the roles that national statistics offices and statistical associations around the world are playing in supporting the teaching of statistics at school-level.

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  1. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Delia North

  2. RADMASTE Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, 3, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Jackie Scheiber

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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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North, D., Scheiber, J. (2011). The Role of Statistical Offices and Associations in Supporting the Teaching of Statistics at School Level. 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_37

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