Informed Statistical Reasoning in an Uncertain World: Situated Simulations for Undergraduates

9354529在不确定的世界里，德里的识字能力和明智的决策需要有统计推理的能力。然而，研究表明，尽管统计学和概率的概念在科学界和数学界稳步发展，但美国主流社会的成年人不能以概率或统计的方式思考重要的社会问题。因此，这个项目提出了一个新的本科课程，目标是那些正在考虑从事教学工作的学生。这门课程的目的是帮助学生在模拟现实世界的问题情景时，将统计学概念作为社会推理的工具。可重复使用的教学材料正在设计中，并将被分发，以帮助其他大学希望开设这门课程的教师。课程还将与社区互动，关注文化多样性，并有望通过模拟现实社会问题解决来实现高度真实性。

9354529 Derry Literacy and informed decision making in an uncertain world require the ability to reason statistically. However, research indicates that although conceptions of statistics and probability have steadily advanced within scientific and mathematical communities, adults in mainstream American society cannot think probabilistically or statistically about important societal issues. This project therefore presents a novel undergraduate course targeting students who are considering a career in teaching. The course is designed to help students employ statistical concepts as tools for social reasoning within simulations of real-world problem situations. Reusable instructional materials are being designed and will be disseminated to assist faculty at other universities who wish to offer the course. The course will also interact with the community, focus on cultural diversity, and is expected to achieve a high degree of authenticity through simulations of realistic social problem solving.