GAISE Report Discussion

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GAISE Report Discussion

• Patricia S. Wilson
• pwilson_at_coe.uga.edu
• University of Georgia
• JSM, Toronto, August 10, 2004

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The GAISE reports do an excellent job of paying
attention to who needs to know statistics.

• Citizens
• Statistical literacy
• Statistical thinking
• People who apply statistics
• work-related
• Personal
• Statisticians
• Theoretical statisticians
• Teachers of statistics

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The GAISE reports pay attention to how people
come to know statistics

• Develop skills in an orderly way
• Building on previous concepts
• Increasing complexity
• Develop conceptual understanding
• Variability
• Randomness
• Patterns and deviation
• Sampling
• Allow statistics to be relevant and valued
• Use real data
• Vary contexts

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The GAISE reports are concerned about the way
statistics is taught

• Foster active learning
• Use technology effectively
• Use real data
• Use models, simulations, visual representations
• Provide good assessment

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GAISE reports indirectly provide a framework for
preparing teachers of statistics

• Teachers need to be prepared to
• Foster active learning
• Use technology effectively
• Use real data
• Use models, simulations, visual representations
• Provide good assessment

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Suggestions for the GAISE report and the use of
the report

• Be more specific about
• STATISTICS FOR TEACHING

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Statistics for Teaching

• Extremely good statistical knowledge base
• Knowledge of connections between statistical
  concepts
• Knowledge of applications of statistics
• Knowledge of students learning difficulties in
  statistics
• Knowledge of how to assess statistical
  understanding

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Who are teachers of Statistics ?Who will prepare
them?

• Elementary school teachers
• Middle school teachers
• High school teachers
• Technical school teachers
• 2-year college teachers
• University teachers