A Computer Based Curriculum for Probability and Statistics

本项目将创建和研究一个基于计算机的课程 概率和统计主要针对高 学校 材料的开发和评估将 基于过去和正在进行的学生概念的研究， 概率和统计。 课程将侧重于 概念的发展，其中许多已被证明难以 在标准课程中教学。 该计划将包括一个软件包， 一套实验室活动分为三个单元， “机会”、“机会加规则”和“机会加结构”。 在 在大多数实验室中，学生将使用计算机 建立抽样模型，抽取大量随机样本，并分析 结果数据。 这些计算机模拟将提供 经验数据，学生将根据这些数据评估他们的 直觉的预测和理论。 学生最终 建立模型来研究由这两种物质组成的复杂现象 概率和确定性成分。 将对课程的小部分内容进行评估和修订 基于对个别学生的临床访谈。 较大 组件将在一些地点进行测试， 学生群体的多样性。

This project will create and research a computer-based curriculum for probability and statistics targeted primarily for the high school. The development and evaluation of the materials will be based on past and ongoing research of student conceptions of probability and statistics. The curriculum will focus on the development of concepts, many of which have proven difficult to teach in standard courses. The program will consist of a software package together with a set of laboratory activities organized into three modules, "Chance", "Chance Plus Rules", and "Chance Plus Structure". In the majority of these labs, students will use the computer to build sampling models, draw large random samples, and analyze the resultant data. These computer simulations will provide the empirical data against which students will evaluate their intuitive predictions and theories. Students will eventually build models to study complex phenomena consisting of both probabilistic and deterministic components. Small components of the curriculum will be evaluated and revised based on clinical interviews with individual students. Larger components will be tested in a number of sites involving a diversity of student populations.