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Statistics and Probability for the Australian Curriculum Year 7&8 (print and digital)

Statistics and Probability for the Australian Curriculum Year 7&8 (print and digital)
AUTHOR(S):
Michael Evans (Consultant) / Helen Mcgillivray / Peter Petosz / Peter Jones (Consultant)
REGION:
Australia
LEVELS:
Year 7 / Year 8
SUBJECT AREA:
Mathematics / Australian Curriculum
ISBN:
9781107614215
PUBLICATION DATE:
26/11/2013
Price:   AUD $29.95
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Statistics and Probability for the Australian Curriculum supports an active inquiry approach to developing statistical thinking, an increasingly important skill throughout industry, government and education. Real statistical data investigations guide students from first thoughts, through planning, collecting and exploring data, to reporting.

Written explicitly for the Australian Curriculum, the two-book series supports in-depth study of statistics and probability and helps students of all abilities to draw conclusions and relate learning to every day contexts. The knowledge and skills developed in this series will build a solid foundation for understanding the processes of modelling probabilities, which lie at the heart of statistical inference.

Stimulating activities introduce each topic - each section begins with an introductory activity to stimulate class discussion and engage students with the material.

Assistance with overcoming common misconceptions - Key terms, hints and caution boxes support students throughout the learning process by offering handy references that help clarify misconceptions.

Focus on skill development through investigations and experiments - Exercises and examples within the books, linked to additional activities in the Teacher Resource Package, focus on developing the skills needed to master statistical investigations and probability experiments.

Detailed review sections help with revision - Review sections include a chapter summary, mind map, short answer and extended response questions to consolidate understanding.

Teacher Resources are available through Cambridge GO (registered teachers only) and include enrichment questions, graphs, data spreadsheets, teacher notes and web links.

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Chapter 1 

Essentials of the data investigative process 

1.1 What is the data investigation process? 

1.2 Types of data and variables 

1.3 Planning data investigations 

Chapter 2 

Presenting and exploring measurement data in 

statistical investigations 

2.1 Collecting and handling measurement (continuous) data 

2.2 Dotplots and stem-and-leaf plots 

2.3 Mean, median and range of measurement data 

2.4 Problems with modes in measurement data 

2.5 Commenting on data features 

Chapter 3 

Chance 

3.1 What is probability? 

3.2 Situations with a total number of equally-likely outcomes 

3.3 Situation with equally-likely lengths, areas or time periods 

3.4 probabilities of events proportional to ‘size’ 

3.5 Planning experiments and investigations 

Chapter 4 

Probabilities and language connectors 

4.1 Adding probabilities 

4.2 At least one event 

4.3 The word ‘and’ 

4.4 Two-way tables of words and data 

4.5 Venn diagrams 

Chapter 5 

Collecting useful data 

5.1 Census 

5.2 Experimenting 

5.3 Surveying 

5.4 Observing 

5.5 Planning investigations 

Chapter 6 

Sampling variation 

6.1 Categorical data and estimating proportions 

6.2 Continuous data and variation 

6.3 Variation of sample mean 

6.4 Commenting on variation

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An active inquiry approach to Statistics and Probability using practical activities and investigations.

Statistics and Probability for the Australian Curriculum supports an active inquiry approach to developing statistical thinking, an increasingly important skill throughout industry, government and education. Real statistical data investigations guide students from first thoughts, through planning, collecting and exploring data, to reporting. 

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Michael Evans (Consultant)

Michael has a PhD in Mathematics from Monash University and a Diploma of Education from La Trobe University. At the time of publication, he was employed at the Australian Mathematics Sciences Institute (AMSI). Before this, he was Head of Mathematics at Scotch College, Melbourne. Michael has also taught in public schools and he has been involved with curriculum development and assessment in Victoria for many years. In 1999, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Monash University for his contribution to mathematics education, and in 2001 he received the Bernhard Neumann Award for contributions to mathematics enrichment in Australia.

Helen Mcgillivray

Helen is a Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). As a consultant to the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI), she is author of ‘The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) Modules for Statistics and Probability in the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics’. The modules, funded by the federal government and produced by AMSI, provide professional development for teachers for the implementation of statistics and probability in the AC. Helen has many years experience in curriculum development , teacher training and professional development for teachers in the statistics component of secondary mathematics curricula. She is joint chair and editor of the 7th Australian Conference on Teaching Statistics, and has served in the past as president of the Statistical Society of Australia Inc (SSAI) and Australian Statistical Publishing Association Inc (ASPAI). She is current Vice-president of the International Statistical Institute, is an executive member and immediate past president of the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE), and is also a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. 

Peter Petosz

Peter Petosz is a lecturer in teaching development in mathematics and statistics at Macquarie University. He has more than 15 years experience with publications in the area of learning and teaching mathematics and statistics, particularly with the preparation and evaluation of learning materials. His teaching awards include a 2006 Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, at the Carrick Australian Awards for University Teaching, and he was a 2003 Finalist at Australian Universities Teaching Committee National Teaching Awards, Canberra. 

Peter Jones (Consultant)

Peter has been an active supporter of school mathematics over many years. Peter is a highly experienced writer of mathematical texts and he is the lead author on two of the VCE Essential Mathematics textbooks. His area of expertise is applied statistics.

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