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How High School students understand statistical variability based on a contextual teaching situation

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The teaching of statistics in basic education is important due to the growing needs of contemporary society. This article presents elements of a study that investigated how students perceive, represent, compare, and identify patterns related to statistical variability, in a teaching situation related to electricity consumption. The research had a qualitative and exploratory approach, based on a theoretical perspective that considers different aspects inherent to the conceptual understanding of statistical variability. The participants were 38 third-grade high school students from a state public school in the Cariri region, in the south of Ceará. The results suggested that the perception and identification of variability patterns were the aspects best understood by the students. The answers related to comparison and the representation of variability indicated conceptual mistakes. The analysis of the results emphasized the importance of the context for the students’ learning and statistical literacy process.

Source: Revista Internacional de Pesquisa em Educação Matemática

DOI: 10.37001/ripem.v14i3.3848

Authors: Edicarlos Pereira de Sousa, Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Monteiro

Institutions: Universidade Federal do Cariri, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Language: English

Topic: Statistics Education and Methodologies

Subfield: Statistics and Probability

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz