Statistics education is a growing field of research and development at school and university level. The topic group will focus on presenting and discussing recent research.

Statistics at school level is usually taught in the mathematics classroom in connection with learning probability. Inferential statistics is based on basic understandings of probability. Our topic includes probabilistic aspects in learning statistics, whereas research with a specific focus on learning probability is being discussed TSG 13 of ICME.

We are open to all kinds of relevant research papers, but our specific focus will be on the following topics

1. Students’ thinking and reasoning about distributions (including variability, comparing distributions)
2. Students’ making inferences from data (from informal inference to more formal inference, inference from sample to population or process, from data to context, role of models and probability)
3. Statistical literacy
4. Role of technology (tools, applets, internet)
5. Research on teachers and teaching of statistics

Individuals are encouraged to submit a paper for consideration by the Organizing Team to be accepted for oral presentation in the TSG or as a paper presented by distribution within the group.

Please send proposals to Rolf Biehler (biehler@mathematik.uni-kassel.de) AND to Mike Shaughnessy (mikesh@pdx.edu) with the subject ICME 11 proposal. Accepted papers will be published on the website of the conference and on a conference CD. If you do not specify presentation by distribution, we will assume that you wish your paper to be considered for oral presentation. Because only a limited number of papers can be presented orally, you may be asked to accept presentation by distribution. The time for presentation will be limited to 15 minutes; some few talks of general interest may have 30 minutes.

Short outline/proposal (2 pages) — Dec 10, 2007

Answer to the authors — Jan 22, 2008

Paper Submitted —Mar 1, 2008

Papers reviewed by the organizing team — Apr 15, 2008

Final paper submitted and posted on the TSG website — May 15, 2008

Length of proposal: 2 pages plus references – Length of final paper: 8 pages including references. Templates with format suggestions will be downloadable from the website.

TSG #13: Research and development in the teaching and learning of probability More information: http://tsg.icme11.org/tsg/show/14

Joint ICMI/IASE Study — This conference takes place at the ITESM, Monterrey, June 30 – July 4, 2008 (the week before ICME). More information: ICMI-IASE Study

ELEE: Latin American Statistics Education Meeting —This meeting (in Spanish and Portuguese) is specifically directed to Latin American Statistics Educators and takes place at the ITESM, Monterrey, July 4-5, 2008. More information: Latin American Statistics Education Meeting

• Rosemary Callingham, University of New England, Australia; Jane M. Watson, University of Tasmania, Australia; Julie Donne, University of Tasmania, Australia
  

• Bill Finzer and Vishakha Parvate, KCP Technologies, Emeryville, CA, USA
  

• Karen François, Free University Brussels, Belgium; Carlos Monteiro, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil; Stijn Vanhoof, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
  

• Sebastian Kuntze, Anke Lindmeier, Kristina Reiss, University of Munich, LMU, Germany
  

• Sharon Lane-Getaz, Saint Olaf and Macalester Colleges, USA
  

• Sandra R. Madden, Western Michigan University, USA
  

• Maxine Pfannkuch, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
  

• Jesús E. Pinto Sosa, University Autónoma of Yucatán, Mexico; María Teresa González Astudillo, University of Salamanca, Spain
  

• Jim Ridgway, James Nicholson and Sean McCusker University of Durham, DH1 1TA, UK
  

• Birgit Christina Aquilonius, University of Stockholm, Sweden; Mary E Brenner, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
  

• Pip Arnold, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
  

• Irene Cazorla, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brazil; Claudia da Silva, Universidade São Judas Tadeu, Brazil; Miriam Utsumi, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  

• Tim Erickson, Epistemological Engineering, Oakland, California, USA
  

• Sharleen Forbes, Statistics New Zealand; John Harraway, University of Otago; Rachel Cunnliffe, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  

• Silvia Galli, Matteo Ciancaleoni, Francesca Chiesi, Caterina Primi University of Florence, Italy
  

• Sandra Magina, Irene Cazorla, Verônica Gitirana and Gilda Guimarães
  

• Maria Manuel da Silva Nascimento, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Department of Mathematics, Portugal; José Alexandre dos Santos Vaz Martins, Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal
  

• José Vicente Novegil Souto, Department of Statistics and Operational Research, University of Vigo, España; Bruno C. de Sousa, Department of Mathematics for the Science and Technology, University of Minho, Portugal
  

• Patricia E Balderas Cañas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ingeniería
  

• Frankcom-Burgess Gillian, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education
  

• Celi Aparecida Espasandin Lopes, Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul – UNICSUL SP – Brazil
  

• Claudette Maria Medeiros Vendramini, Marjorie Cristina Rocha da Silva, Universidade São Francisco, Brazil

Monday 7th July
13:00 -14:00 (1 h)

A: Overview/Introduction

B: 2 long presenations:
Finzer & Parvate;
Ridgway & Nicholson

C: short introduction of authors of paper presentation by distribution (all 4 authors are present and bring some copies of papers)

Wednesday 9th July
12:30 -14:00 (1,5 h)

9 short presentations of 8 minutes each:
Aquilonius
Arnold
Cazorla-Silva-Utsumi-Brazil
Erickson
Harraway_Forbes
Galli
Magina-Cazorla-Gitirana-Guimaraes
Nascimento_Martins
Novegil_deSousa

Friday 11th July
12:30 – 13:30 (1 h)

3 long presentations:
Callingham & Watson;
Pinto & Gonzales;
Pfannkuch

Saturday 12th July
12:00 – 13:30 (1.5 h)

A: 4 long presentations:
Kuntze et al;
Francois et al;
Lane-Getaz,
Madden

B: closing