Teacher Education: Learning the Practice of Statistics

该探索性项目旨在通过开发基于研究的材料，使教师能够促进学生对统计的理解，从而提高教师为所有学生提供高质量STEM教育的能力。 探索性项目分两个阶段。第一阶段将侧重于通过构建和开发一套学生学习进展来模拟学生学习困难的统计概念。 在第一阶段的基础上，第二阶段将侧重于为教师编写、实施、支持和试点测试教学材料，以增加对统计概念的了解和有效实践。形成性和总结性评估将用于评价（a）材料，（B）参与者使用材料的活动和经验，以及（c）实施过程。国家数学共同核心标准和国家数学教师理事会标准都明确建议在K-12学校强调统计教育。 近年来，研究者们开始探索K-8年级统计教育的相关问题，但在高中阶段的研究很少。 这一探索性项目解决了数学教育中的一个关键需求，填补了与高中统计有关的教师教育中的一个重要空白。

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.