ERIC Number: EJ914341
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1442-3901
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Significant Statistics: Viewed with a Contextual Lens
Tait-McCutcheon, Sandi
Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, v12 n1 p50-64 2010
This paper examines the pedagogical and organisational changes three lead teachers made to their statistics teaching and learning programs. The lead teachers posed the research question: What would the effect of contextually integrating statistical investigations and literacies into other curriculum areas be on student achievement? By finding the significance of statistics nested within mathematics and other curriculum learning areas, the teachers increased their own value of statistical content and contexts and this impacted positively on the statistical achievement outcomes of their students. (Contains 6 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Integrated Curriculum, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: mted@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
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