J. Nicholson
Real-world contexts in statistics components of UK mathematics examinations: aiming forward, walking backwards
Nicholson, J.; Ridgway, J.
Authors
Professor Jim Ridgway jim.ridgway@durham.ac.uk
Contributors
M.A. Sorto
Editor
A. White
Editor
L. Guyot
Editor
Abstract
Reasoning with data is pervasive in society; evidence-based policy requires reasoning about complex data; many statistics curricula do not equip students to understand such reasoning. A new mathematics curriculum for upper secondary school (pre-university) students has been taught in England from September 2017, which includes assessment based on large-scale, pre-released data. Here, we critique the specimen examination papers, identifying inappropriate uses of statistics, and a failure to understand the rationale for working with large scale, authentic, data sets. We offer an account of how this poor state of affairs has come about.
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (Published) |
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Conference Name | Tenth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS10) |
Start Date | Jul 8, 2018 |
End Date | Jul 13, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 12, 2018 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Oct 9, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 6, 2019 |
Book Title | Looking back, looking forward : proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS10), July 2018, Kyoto, Japan. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1145289 |
Publisher URL | https://iase-web.org/Conference_Proceedings.php?p=ICOTS_10_2018 |
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