Teacher Education: Learning the Practice of Statistics

这个探索性项目旨在通过开发基于研究的材料来提高教师为所有学生提供高质量STEM教育的能力，这些材料使教师能够促进学生在统计学理解方面的进步。勘探项目分为两个阶段。第一阶段将着重于通过构建和发展一套学生学习进度来模拟学生对困难统计概念的学习。在第一阶段的基础上，第二阶段将侧重于为教师开发、实施、支持和试点测试教学材料，旨在增加统计概念的知识和有效实践。形成性和总结性评估将用于评估(a)材料，(b)参与者对材料的活动和经验，以及(c)实施过程。国家数学共同核心标准和国家数学教师委员会标准都明确建议在K-12学校强调统计教育。近年来，研究人员已经开始探索与K-8年级统计教育相关的问题，但在高中水平上做的工作很少。本探索性项目解决了数学教育的关键需求，填补了高中统计教师教育的重要空白。

This exploratory project is to enhance the ability of teachers to provide high quality STEM education for all students by developing research-based materials that enable teachers to facilitate students' progress toward statistical understanding. The exploratory project has two phases. The first phase will focus on modeling student learning of difficult statistical concepts by constructing and developing a set of student learning progressions. Informed by the first phase, the second phase will focus on developing, implementing, supporting, and pilot testing instructional materials for teachers aimed at increasing knowledge and effective practice of statistical concepts. Formative and summative assessments will be used to evaluate (a) the materials, (b) the participant activities and experiences with the materials, and (c) the implementation process. Both Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards clearly recommend the emphasis of statistics education in K-12 schools. In recent years, researchers have started to explore issues related to statistics education in Grades K-8, but little work has been done at the high school level. This exploratory project addresses a critical need in mathematics education and fills an important gap in teacher education related to high school statistics.