This paper provides an overview of current research on teaching and learning statistics,
summarizing studies that have been conducted by researchers from different disciplines and …

Research suggests that expert understanding is characterized by coherent mental
representations featuring a high level of connectedness. This paper advances the idea that …

Increased attention is being paid to the need for statistically educated citizens: statistics is
now included in the K-12 mathematics curriculum, increasing numbers of students are taking …

Many decisions in politics, economics, and society are based on data and statistics. In order
to participate as a responsible citizen, it is essential to have a solid grounding in reasoning …

The goal of this article is to introduce the topic of learning to reason from samples, which is
the focus of this special issue of Educational Studies in Mathematics on statistical reasoning …

The development of statistical literacy is fast becoming the focus of a large part of
mathematics instruction at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. This broadening of the …

Introductory statistics students struggle to understand randomness as a data generating
process, and especially its application to the practice of data analysis. Although modern …

Since the important work on reasoning under uncertainty by Kahneman and Tversky in the
1970s, the description of how people think about probability by using intuitions, conceptions …

Understanding and reasoning about variability is viewed by statisticians as the core
component of statistical thinking (eg, Hoerl & Snee, 2001; Moore, 1990; Snee, 1990), which …

In this paper we discuss how two different types of professional development projects for
school teachers are based on the same framework and are used to prepare knowledgeable …