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New Directions in Teaching Statistics: Emphasizing Statistical Literacy and Inquiry

This comprehensive guide by Barb Costelloe and Anne Lawrence focuses on the recent curriculum changes in the statistics strand of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) for years 10 to 12. It covers essential aspects such as statistical literacy, inference, and investigative methods. Educators will explore the implications of new achievement standards and assessment tasks, including the SOLO taxonomy. Additionally, the session fosters self-review using critical questions to help teachers adapt their teaching practices and effectively engage students in statistical reasoning and interpretation.

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New Directions in Teaching Statistics: Emphasizing Statistical Literacy and Inquiry

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  1. CENTRE FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNew Directions in teaching StatisticsBarb Costelloe and Anne Lawrence NPGHS Adviser in Secondary Numeracy & Mathematics

  2. 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:

  3. Where are we at with the new NZC? What do we want to know? Self Review

  4. What changes in content? What changes in emphasis? Changes in pedagogy? Technology demands? Reflection: What are the key changes in Statistics?

  5. 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

  6. What about the new Achievement Standards? One familiar and expected item One new, unfamiliar concept/idea Any that raise questions? Achievement Standards?

  7. “The eyes have it” – talks and teacher education Census at school resources Kiwikapers Statistical inference

  8. Informal inference

  9. 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

  10. Kiwikapers

  11. Statistical Inference Making the call Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Page 4 Wild informal inference

  12. After lunch reading: Iddo Gal article on Page 18 Statistical Literacy

  13. Focus questions while reading: What sits well with me? (confirms what I think) What is something I discovered? (makes me think differently) What raises questions? Statistical Literacy

  14. Level 6 Critical questions Road deaths exemplar Level 7 Critical questions Blood alcohol exemplar Trial assessment Statistical Literacy exemplars

  15. 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

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