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University of Tasmania, Australia

Faculty Members Involved in the Research Group

Jane Watson
Ben Kelly, Junior Research Fellow
Jonathan Moritz, PhD student
Dr Helen Chick (University of Melbourne)
Rosemary Callingham (University of New England (Australia))
Mike Shaughnessy (Portland State University)

Description of Research

Over the past decade since the introduction of A National Statement on Mathematics for Australian Schools, research in Tasmania has focused on students' understanding of the chance and data part of the curriculum. Branching off from this have been projects considering higher order statistical thinking while students work in collaborative groups, profiles of teachers' relationships to the curriculum, the influence of cognitive conflict on student understanding, and the impact of instruction specifically aimed at students' understanding of variation in relation to chance and data.

Website

Jane Watson's Homepage
www.educ.utas.edu.au/users/watsonjm

Selected Publications

• Watson, J.M., & Kelly, B.A. (2004). Statistical variation in a chance setting: A two-year study. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 57, 121-144.
• Watson, J.M., & Callingham, R.A. (2003). Statistical literacy: A complex hierarchical construct. Statistics Education Research Journal, 2(2), 3-46.
• Watson, J.M., & Moritz, J.B. (2003). Fairness of dice: A longitudinal study of students' beliefs and strategies for making judgments. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 34, 270-304.
• Watson, J.M., Kelly, B.A., Callingham, R.A., & Shaughnessy, J.M. (2003). The measurement of school students' understanding of statistical variation. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 34, 1-29.
• Chick, H.L., & Watson, J.M. (2002). Collaborative influences on emergent statistical thinking--A case study. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 21, 371-400.
• Chick, H.L., & Watson, J.M. (2001). Data representation and interpretation by primary school students working in groups. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 13, 91-111.