Rosemary Callingham|Jane Watson
THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATISTICAL LITERACY AT SCHOOL
University of Tasmania|University of Tasmania
statistical literacy increasingly considered important outcome schooling little information however appropriate expectations students different stages schooling progress towards goal made watson callingham 2005 identified empirical 6level hierarchy statistical literacy distribution middle school students across levels using archived data 19932000 interest reconsidering outcomes decade later statistics probability become recognised strand australian mathematics curriculum using new dataset 7000 student responses middleyears students different parts australia period 20072009 nature hierarchy confirmed longitudinal analysis identified students performed across time hierarchy suggestions made systems teachers realistic expectations middleyears students possible curriculum challenges first published may 2017 statistics education research journal archives