CENTRE FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

New Directions in teaching Statistics

Barb Costelloe and Anne Lawrence NPGHS Adviser in Secondary

Numeracy & Mathematics

• To clarify the curriculum changes for the statistics strand with particular focus on statistical literacy, statistical inference, and statistical investigations;

• To explore the implications of these changes for teaching and learning programmes at years 10 to 12.

Objectives:

• Where are we at with the new NZC?

• What do we want to know?

Self Review

• What changes in content?

• What changes in emphasis?

• Changes in pedagogy?

• Technology demands?

Reflection: What are the key changes in Statistics?

Broad outline of content

• Statistical literacy

• Statistical inference

• Probability

• New achievement standards

Exploring an assessment task for 1.1

A, M, E distinctions and the SOLO taxonomy

What about the new Achievement Standards?

• One familiar and expected item• One new, unfamiliar concept/idea• Any that raise questions?

Achievement Standards?

“The eyes have it” – talks and teacher education

Census at school resources

Kiwikapers

Statistical inference

Informal inference

KIWI POPULATION INFORMATION• Species: GS-Great Spotted, NIBr-NorthIsland

Brown, Tok-Southern Tokoeka • weight in kg height in cm• region/gender

NWN-North West Nelson, CW-Central Westland, EC-Eastern Canterbury StI-Stewart Island, NF-North Fiordland, SF-South Fiordland N-Northland, E-East North Island, W-West North Island

Kiwikapers

Kiwikapers

Statistical Inference

Making the call

Level 5Level 6Level 7Level 8Page 4 Wild informal inference

After lunch reading:

Iddo Gal article on

Page 18

Statistical Literacy

Focus questions while reading:

1. What sits well with me? (confirms what I think)

2. What is something I discovered? (makes me think differently)

3. What raises questions?

Statistical Literacy

Level 6 Critical questions

Road deaths exemplar

Level 7 Critical questions

Blood alcohol exemplar

Trial assessment

Statistical Literacy exemplars

• Collect articles from newspapers, websites, brochures etc that will be good to use with students to develop Statistical Literacy.

• Use datacards or other resources from censusatschool website

• Listen to Maxine Pfannkuch and Chris Wild talks if you haven’t already

Homework