Understanding Statistical Variation: A Response to Sharma

Autor/in	Farmer, Jim
Titel	Understanding Statistical Variation: A Response to Sharma
Quelle	In: Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 22 (2008) 1, S.59-62 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0819-4564
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Preservice Teacher Education; Preservice Teachers; Statistical Analysis; Probability; Mathematical Concepts; Misconceptions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Statistische Analyse; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Missverständnis
Abstract	In this article, the author responds to the paper "Exploring pre-service teachers' understanding of statistical variation: Implications for teaching and research" by Sashi Sharma (see EJ779107). In that paper, Sharma described a study "designed to investigate pre-service teachers' acknowledgment of variation in sampling and distribution environments." This author raises issues about one of the two questions presented in Sharma's survey of pre-service teacher education students, contending that there was nothing in the question requiring any assessment of probability. He states that his comments are not meant to detract from the aims and methods of Sharma's paper, but he emphasizes that it is important that students and teachers have a good understanding of the effects of variation, and need to be careful that discussions of variation effects do not lead to other misunderstandings. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10