The Learning and Teaching of Statistics and Probability: A Perspective Rooted in Quantitative Reasoning and Conceptual Coherence

The Learning and Teaching of Statistics and Probability is a book that provides practical learning activities and resources for teaching statistics and probability. It emphasizes reasoning about quantities and quantification and is designed for teachers of secondary school mathematics, mathematics subject leads, and mathematics and statistics educators.

Format: Hardback
Length: 152 pages
Publication date: 01 December 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Learning and Teaching of Statistics and Probability is a comprehensive resource that offers a wealth of practical learning activities designed to enhance the teaching and learning of statistics and probability in the classroom. At the heart of this book lies the fundamental concept of reasoning about quantities and quantification, which forms the core of statistics education. To support the learning process, a companion website is available at https://neilhatfield.github.io/IMPACT_Statistics/, providing readers with access to a comprehensive directory of resources. These resources include data collections and web-based applets that are utilized in various instructional activities featured within the book.

The book is organized into five chapters, each dedicated to establishing key concepts and foundational ideas in statistics and probability. These chapters focus on developing learner understanding and coherence, emphasizing the importance of understanding individual cases and their attributes, data collections, sub-collections, and relevant operations to quantify their attributes, samples, populations, and quantifying variation, types of processes, meanings of randomness, and probability as a measure of stochastic tendency, sampling distributions, and statistical inference.

This highly informative yet practical book is an invaluable resource for teachers of secondary school mathematics, mathematics subject leads, and mathematics and statistics educators within the broader field of education. It provides a solid foundation for teaching statistics and probability, equipping educators with the tools and strategies needed to effectively engage students and promote their mathematical literacy. Whether you are a novice teacher or an experienced educator, The Learning and Teaching of Statistics and Probability will undoubtedly enhance your teaching practice and contribute to the success of your students in the field of statistics and probability.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367654856