Maxine Pfannkuch - Research Papers


[1] PFANNKUCH, M & BARTON, B. Secondary Mathematics Teacher Education: Report on a Developing Project. MERGA-16 Contexts in Mathematics Education Conference Proceedings, Brisbane, 9-13 July 1993, 479-484

[2] PFANNKUCH, M.& BROWN, C. 'Building on and Challenging Students' Intuitions About Probability: Can We Improve Undergraduate Learning?' Journal of Statistics Education 4(1), 1996.

[3] PFANNKUCH, M. 'Statistical Interpretation of Media Reports'. New Zealand Statistical Association Research in the Learning of Statistics Conference Proceedings,Victoria University of Wellington, 30-31st August 1996, 67-76

[4] PFANNKUCH, M. 'Is the Gambling of Men Still Influencing the Teaching of Statistics Today?' In J. Horring (ed) Celebrating Constructive Change: Women as an Influence in Mathematics Education. Auckland: Mathematics Education Unit, The University of Auckland, 109-113, 1997.

[5] WILD, C., TRIGGS, C. & PFANNKUCH, M. 'Assessment on a Budget: Using Traditional Methods Imaginatively'. In I. Gal and J. Garfield (eds) The Assessment Challenge in Statistics Education. Amsterdam, IOS Press, 205-220, 1997

[6] PFANNKUCH, M. 'Statistical Thinking: One Statistician's Perspective'. MERGA 20 Aotearoa Conference People in Mathematics Education Proceedings, Rotorua, 7-11 July 1997, 406-413.

[7] ELLIS, J., MILLER-REILLY, B. & PFANNKUCH, M. 'Ways in Which Some Auckland Women Came to Influence Mathematics Education in New Zealand Through the Equals Network 1985-1995'. In C. Keitel (ed) Social Justice and Mathematics Education. Berlin, Freie Universitat Berlin, 220-237, 1998

[8] PFANNKUCH, M. & WILD, C. 'Investigating the Nature of Statistical Thinking'. In L. Pereira-Mendoza, L. Kea, T. Kee & W. Wong (Eds.) Proceedings of The Fifth International Conference on Teaching Statistics 21-26 June 1998, Vol. 1 Voorburg, ISI, 459-466.

[9] WILD, C. & PFANNKUCH, M. 'What is Statistical Thinking?' In L. Pereira-Mendoza, L. Kea, T. Kee & W. Wong (Eds.) Proceedings of The Fifth International Conference on Teaching Statistics 21-26 June 1998, Vol. 1 Voorburg, ISI, 333-339.

[10] PFANNKUCH, M. 'Characteristics of Statistical Thinking in Empirical Enquiry'. Doctoral Thesis, The University of Auckland, 1999.

[11] WILD, C. & PFANNKUCH, M. 'Statistical Thinking in Empirical Enquiry' (with discussion) International Statistical Review 67(3), 223-265, 1999

[12] MCINTYRE, D. & PFANNKUCH, M. 'Case Study: Evaluation of a University Mathematics Programme'. In W. Spunde, P. Cretchley and R. Hubbard (Eds) The Challenge of Diversity: Proceedings of the Deltaš99 Symposium on Undergraduate Mathematics, Laguna Quays, Queensland, Deltaš99 Committee, 126-130, 1999

[13] PFANNKUCH, M. & WILD, C. 'Statistical Thinking and Statistical Practice: Themes Gleaned from Professional Statisticians'. Statistical Science 15(2), 132-152, 2000.

[14] PFANNKUCH, M. 'A model for the promotion of statistical thinking.' Mathematics education beyond 2000. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. Fremantle, Western Australia, 5-9 July, 2000, 503-510.

[15] PFANNKUCH, M. 'The perceptions and practice of assessment in mathematics education of teachers of Year 3 and Year 6 students.' Mathematics education beyond 2000. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Fremantle, Western Australia, 5-9 July, 2000, 511-518.

[16] SHAUGHNESSY, M. & PFANNKUCH, M. 'How faithful is Old faithful? Statistical thinking: A story of variation and prediction'. Mathematics Teacher. (in press).

[17] PFANNKUCH, M., SEBER, G. & WILD, C. 'Probability with less pain'. Teaching Statistics. (in press).


PhD Thesis

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter Two Historical Overview: The Emergence of Statistical Thinking

Chapter Three Literature Review

Chapter Four Research Design

Chapter Five The First Exploratory Study: Building up a Picture on Some Characteristics of Statistical Thinking

Chapter Six The Second Exploratory Study: Building up a Bigger Picture on Some Characteristics of Statistical Thinking

Chapter Seven The Third Exploratory Study: Themes Gleaned from Professional Statisticians

Chapter Eight The Fourth Exploratory Study: Towards Characterising Statistical Thinking

Chapter Nine Statistical Thinking in Empirical Enquiry

Chapter Ten A Re-Analysis of the Second Exploratory Study

Chapter Eleven Discussion on the Framework

Epilogue

Appendix One First Exploratory Study Interview Tasks and Short Course Outline

Appendix Two Second Exploratory Study Interview Tasks

Appendix Three Third Exploratory Study Interview Protocol and Analysis

Appendix Four Fourth Exploratory Study Interview Protocol and Analysis

Appendix Five Second Exploratory Study Scoring Rubrics and Responses to Questions

 


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