TEACHING PROBABILITY WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE R STATISTICAL SOFTWARE

Authors

  • ROBSON DOS SANTOS FERREIRA Universidade Bandeirante Anhanguera
  • VERÔNICA YUMI KATAOKA Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz
  • MONICA KARRER Universidade Bandeirante Anhanguera

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52041/serj.v13i2.286

Keywords:

Statistics education research, Probabilistic literacy, Constructionism, Design experiment, R software

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to discuss aspects of high school students’ learning of probability in a context where they are supported by the statistical software R. We report on the application of a teaching experiment, constructed using the perspective of Gal’s probabilistic literacy and Papert’s constructionism. The results show improvement in students’ learning of basic concepts, such as: random experiment, estimation of probabilities, and calculation of probabilities using a tree diagram. The use of R allowed students to extend their reasoning beyond that developed from paper-and-pencil approaches, since it made it possible for them to work with a larger number of simulations, and go beyond the standard equiprobability assumption in coin tosses.

First published November 2014 at Statistics Education Research Journal Archives

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Published

2022-06-16