Shrikant I. Bangdiwala
Teaching Statistical Reasoning in Elementary Schools using Age-appropriate Methods
statistical literacy necessity modern society requires citizens able effectively manage increasingly large amounts information decisions financial matters health affairs social interactions universally required extent individuals able process aggregate summarize relate interpret information context variability impact lives field statistics increasingly recognized essential tool however statisticians provide valuable knowledge clear many societies offer concepts probability uncertainty variability thus statistics high school university education paper argues statistical reasoning effectively imparted elementary school children done ageappropriate manner concepts variability probability distributions expected values well advanced notions sampling distribution mean successfully understood children elementary schools evidence based case study actual implementation ageappropriate methods children 710 years old