ERIC Number: EJ1400916
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1570-1824
EISSN: EISSN-1570-1824
Young Children's Probabilistic and Statistical Reasoning in the Context of Informal Inferential Reasoning
Statistics Education Research Journal, v22 n2 Article 4 2023
This paper reports the statistical and probabilistic reasoning of young children in terms of randomness, variability, and data representations in the context of informal inferential reasoning (IIR). Using the IIR approach, a task was designed and conducted one-on-one with 28 children aged 5 to 6 years old, in a case study setting. The researcher used a voice recorder during interviews, took photos, and recorded field notes. The data were analyzed according to the principles of informal inferential reasoning, which are generalizing beyond the data, using data as evidence for generalizing, and using probabilistic language to acknowledge the uncertainty embedded in the data. The findings indicate that young children are capable of making informal inferences from a sample space, describing event probability, and constructing bar graph and pie chart data representations.
Descriptors: Young Children, Childrens Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Abstract Reasoning, Probability, Statistics, Inferences, Graphs, Charts, Kindergarten
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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