Daniel Frischemeier
BUILDING STATISTICIANS AT AN EARLY AGE – STATISTICAL PROJECTS EXPLORING MEANINGFUL DATA IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Paderborn University
since many decisions politics economics social sciences based statistics statistical literacy key component active citizen statistical skills statistical reasoning already enhanced primary school therefore germany statistics element primaryschool curriculum usually includes issues posing questions collecting data drawing displays pie charts bar graphs engage students start building future generations statisticians early stage challenging incentives engage students meaningful statistical inquiries paper describe activities part larger longterm project investigates teaching units designed primary schools effect students early age focus specific activities tested students age 10 empirical results show beyond learning techniques use software tinkerplots students acquired way statistical reasoning posed problems besides cognitive development also documented affective impact course young learners good studies corroborate possible lead students sophisticated statistical activities comparing groups help suitable software furthermore positive attitude towards statistics could observed result course may basis success learning statistics pave way future generation statisticians already early age primary schoolx0d first published february 2020 statistics education research journal archives