Petocz and Reid (2001) showed that students experience learning in statistics in six qualitatively different ways.
They pointed out that these ways of experiencing learning in statistics move from a disjointed conception such as
“doing required activities in order to pass or do well in testing” towards more holistic conceptions for example
“using statistical concepts in order to understand areas beyond statistics” or “using statistical concepts in order to
change students’ views”. Using in-depth interviews, Petocz and Reid (2001) have found these very differentways of experiencing learning in statistics in students at both the first and third years of tertiary study. They
strongly believe that statistics is not a ‘spectator sport’. They concluded, “Students learn statistics only if they
actually practice statistics through a whole range of statistical activity supported by an appropriate computer
package and discussion” (Petocz and Reid, 2001, p. 69). What they found is, obviously, not a new discovery, and
the recent statistics education literature contains many references to the use of laboratory and group activities in
statistical learning (Spinelli, 2001; Harrington, 1999; Nicholson 1998; Rossman and Chance 1998; Steinhorst
and Keeler 1995; Prvan et al., 2002)
Petocz and Reid (2001) showed that students experience learning in statistics in six qualitatively different ways.They pointed out that these ways of experiencing learning in statistics move from a disjointed conception such as“doing required activities in order to pass or do well in testing” towards more holistic conceptions for example“using statistical concepts in order to understand areas beyond statistics” or “using statistical concepts in order tochange students’ views”. Using in-depth interviews, Petocz and Reid (2001) have found these very differentways of experiencing learning in statistics in students at both the first and third years of tertiary study. Theystrongly believe that statistics is not a ‘spectator sport’. They concluded, “Students learn statistics only if theyactually practice statistics through a whole range of statistical activity supported by an appropriate computerpackage and discussion” (Petocz and Reid, 2001, p. 69). What they found is, obviously, not a new discovery, andthe recent statistics education literature contains many references to the use of laboratory and group activities instatistical learning (Spinelli, 2001; Harrington, 1999; Nicholson 1998; Rossman and Chance 1998; Steinhorstand Keeler 1995; Prvan et al., 2002)
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