PROCEEDINGS OF THE 16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (Vol 2)
2013
Denver, Colorado
Developing hypothetical learning trajectories for teachers’ developing knowledge of the test statistic in hypothesis testing
Page: 2-348
In the past decade, educators and statisticians have made new suggestions for teaching undergraduate statistics. In light of these new recommendations it is important to (re)evaluate how individuals come to understand statistical concepts and how such research should impact curricular efforts. One concept that plays a major role in introductory statistics is hypothesis testing and the computation of the test statistic to draw conclusions in a hypothesis test. This proposal presents a theoretical approach through the development of a hypothetical learning trajectory of hypothesis testing by utilizing sampling distributions as the building block to understand statistical inference. In addition, this proposal presents how this hypothetical learning trajectory may support the development of research-based curricula that foster an understanding of the test statistic and its role in hypothesis testing.