Teaching Probability with the Support of the R Statistical Software

Autor/inn/en	dos Santos Ferreira, Robson; Kataoka, Verônica Yumi; Karrer, Monica
Titel	Teaching Probability with the Support of the R Statistical Software
Quelle	In: Statistics Education Research Journal, 13 (2014) 2, S.132-147 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1570-1824
Schlagwörter	Probability; Statistics; Courseware; High School Students; Constructivism (Learning); Concept Teaching; Student Improvement; Computer Simulation; Technology Uses in Education; Teaching Methods; Task Analysis; Thinking Skills; Decision Making Skills; Educational Practices; Educational Experiments; Science Activities; Foreign Countries; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Statistik; Lernsoftware; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Aufgabenanalyse; Denkfähigkeit; Bildungspraxis; Schulversuch; Ausland; Brasilien
Abstract	The objective of this paper is to discuss aspects of high school students' learning of probability in a context where they are supported by the statistical software R. We report on the application of a teaching experiment, constructed using the perspective of Gal's probabilistic literacy and Papert's constructionism. The results show improvement in students' learning of basic concepts, such as: random experiment, estimation of probabilities, and calculation of probabilities using a tree diagram. The use of R allowed students to extend their reasoning beyond that developed from paper-and-pencil approaches, since it made it possible for them to work with a larger number of simulations, and go beyond the standard equiprobability assumption in coin tosses. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10