Garfield J.B., Ben-Zvi D., Chance B., Medina E., Roseth C., Zieffler A. Developing Students’ Statistical Reasoning: Connecting Research and Teaching Practice

Amsterdam: Springer, 2008. — 406 p.Increased attention is being paid to the need for statistically educated citizens: statistics is now included in the K-12 mathematics curriculum, increasing numbers of students are taking courses in high school, and introductory statistics courses are required in college. However, increasing the amount of instruction is not sufficient to prepare statistically literate citizens. A major change is needed in how statistics is taught. To bring about this change, three dimensions of teacher knowledge need to be addressed: their knowledge of statistical content, their pedagogical knowledge, and their statistical-pedagogical knowledge, i.e., their specific knowledge about how to teach statistics. This book is written for mathematics and statistics educators and researchers. It summarizes the research and highlights the important concepts for teachers to emphasize, and shows the interrelationships among concepts. It makes specific suggestions regarding how to build classroom activities, integrate technological tools, and assess students’ learning.The Discipline of Statistics Education
Research on Teaching and Learning Statistics
Creating a Statistical Reasoning Learning Environment
Assessment in Statistics Education
Using Technology to Improve Student Learning of StatisticsLearning to Reason About Data
Learning to Reason About Statistical Models and Modeling
Learning to Reason About Distribution
Learning to Reason About Center
Learning to Reason About Variability
Learning to Reason About Comparing Groups
Learning to Reason About Samples and Sampling Distributions
Learning to Reason About Statistical Inference
Learning to Reason About CovariationCollaboration in the Statistics Classroom
Collaboration in Teaching and Research