Prodromou, Theodosia

2013

This article was also presented as a paper at <em>ICAPBS 2013: XXXIV International Conference on Applied Psychology and Behavioral Sciences</em> Paris, France, 27th - 28th June, 2013 and <em>PME 37: 37th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education - "Mathematics learning across the life span"</em>, Kiel, Germany, 28th July - 2nd August, 2013

The article investigates how 14- to 15- year-olds build informal conceptions of inferential statistics as they engage in a modelling process and build their own computer simulations with dynamic statistical software. This study proposes four primary phases of informal inferential reasoning for the students in the statistical modeling and simulation process. Findings show shifts in the conceptual structures across the four phases and point to the potential of all of these phases for fostering the development of students' robust knowledge of the logic of inference when using computer based simulations to model and investigate statistical questions.

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, v.78, p. 1761-1766

2010-3778

2010-376X

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13464

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

Informal Inferential Reasoning Using a Modelling Approach within a Computer-Based Simulation

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