Studying the Development of Young Students’ Conceptual Understanding in Statistics through Mediation by Technological Tools and Talk

Informations projet

STATSTALK

N° de convention de subvention: 301884

Projet clôturé

Date de début 1 Octobre 2012

Date de fin 30 Septembre 2014

Financé au titre de

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Coût total € 200 371,80

Contribution de l’UE € 200 371,80

Coordonné par

THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Royaume-Uni

Objectif

"As people make decisions under the conditions of uncertainty, the knowledge of probability and statistics becomes of critical importance for ordinary citizens to make judgments and predictions on the basis of numerical information in their lives. Given the emphasis on promoting essential competences for the knowledge-based economy and society by the Europe 2020 Strategy vision, statistics is a key subject matter to help young people become scientifically literate citizens and consumers of data-based information, and thus is increasingly becoming an important part of the school mathematics curricula.

Acknowledging the importance of statistical knowledge and thinking skills in this context, the proposed project aims at (1) developing young students’ conceptual understanding of statistical and probabilistic ideas within informal statistical inference, which seems to be neglected in the early grades of schooling, (2) investigating mediating roles of technological tools and children’s talk, and (3) making recommendations for practical educational contexts. By conducting classroom teaching experiments, we will examine the relationship between students’ talk together, their use of ICT tools and their development of conceptual understanding of key statistical and probabilistic ideas. The study draws from the research emerging from ICT in education, including the integration of ICT tools in mathematics education and promoting effective talk among students, to foster children’s conceptual understandings in statistics. This collaborative research will bring together academics with expertise in learning theories in education in relation to ICT, mathematics education, and statistics education. The study will significantly advance our understanding of how the interaction between tasks, students’ talk, and technological tools work in helping students grasp key statistical ideas. Dissemination of the research will contribute to enhancing the quality of education in Europe."

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Programme(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Thème(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF - Marie-Curie Action: "Intra-European fellowships for career development"

Appel à propositions

FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF
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Régime de financement

MC-IEF -

Coordinateur

THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

• Contribution de l’UE: € 200 371,80
• Adresse: THE QUEEN'S DRIVE NORTHCOTE HOUSE ; EX4 4QJ Exeter ; Royaume-Uni
• Région: South West (England) › Devon › Devon CC
• Type d’activité: Établissements d’enseignement supérieur ou secondaire
• Coût total: Aucune donnée