Learning and Affect: A Comparison of Two Approaches to Teaching Elementary Data and Statistics

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Abstract

In Mathematics we have the potential to broaden student interest in the discipline by creating activities for learning mathematics that are enjoyable, relevant, and that engage students in complex mathematical thinking and practices. In this paper, we focus on two approaches to teaching data and statistics – one focused on students inventing strategies and the other on teacher scaffolding toward formal conventions. The two approaches led to equal learning gains but varied in terms of student enjoyment.

Authors

• Noel D. Enyedy, University of California - Los Angeles

• Tesha Sengupta Irving, University of California - Irvine

• Christine Brigid Malsbary, University of California - Los Angeles

• Elizabeth Horst Redman, University of California - Los Angeles