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Illinois State University

Faculty Members Involved in the Research Group

Cynthia Langrall
Edward Mooney
Graham Jones (Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Australia)

Description of Research

The research of this group has focused on producing qualitative descriptions of levels of statistical thinking. They have constructed frameworks to model the statistical thinking of elementary and middle grades students. These frameworks are grounded in a neo-Pigetian cognitive model. A primary purpose of the frameworks is to inform curriculum development and instruction in data analysis.

Website

Cynthia Langrall's Homepage
www.math.ilstu.edu/langrall

Selected Publications

• Jones, G.A., Langrall, C.W., Mooney, E.S., & Thornton, C.A. (2004). Models of development in statistical reasoning. In D. Ben-Zvi & J. Garfield (Eds.), The challenge of developing statistical literacy, reasoning, and thinking (pp. 97-117). Dordrecht: Kluwer.
• Mooney, E.S. (2002). A framework for characterizing middle school students' statistical thinking. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 4, 23-64.
• Mooney, E.S., Langrall, C.W., Hofbauer, P.S., & Johnson, Y.A. (2001). Refining a framework on middle school students' statistical thinking. In R. Speiser, C.A. Maher, & C.N. Walter (Eds.), Proceedings of the twenty-third annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1, pp. 439-447). Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education.
• Jones, G.A., Langrall, C.W., Thornton, C.A., Mooney, E.S., Wares, A., Jones, M.R., Perry, B.P., Putt, I.J., & Nisbet, S. (2001). Using students' statistical thinking to inform instruction. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 20, 109-144.
• Jones, G.A., Thornton, C.A., Langrall, C.W., Mooney, E.S., Perry, B., & Putt, I.J. (2000). A framework for characterizing children's statistical thinking. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 2, 269-307.