[Maths-Education] CERME 3: Group 5 on Stochastic Thinking

[Dave Pratt]

CERME 3: Group 5
Stochastic Thinking (Research on probabilistic and statistical thinking)
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The Third Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics
Education (CERME 3) takes place at Bellaria , Italy, from  February 28th =
to
March 3rd, 2003.

CERME is a conference organised by the European Society for Research in
Education, and is designed to foster a communicative spirit. It deliberat=
ely
and distinctively moves away from research presentations by individuals
towards collaborative group work. Its main feature is to be a number of
thematic groups whose members will work together in a common research are=
a.
This message refers to one, Group 5, of 12 such groups.

We will have 12 hours over four days in which to meet and progress our wo=
rk
on stochastic thinking. Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by three
reviewers, as far as possible chosen from the group of participants in Gr=
oup
5. The process will NOT be blind review. If you submit a paper to Group 5=
,
you are likely to be asked to review one or more papers. Please indicate
when submitting a paper if you think this is inappropriate.
All accepted papers will be published on the internet and made available =
to
participants in the group to read before the conference. The group leader=
s
will organise activity and discussion in the conference around issues rai=
sed
by the papers.

For more details about CERME3, see:
http://fibonacci.dm.unipi.it/~didattica/CERME3/

The organisers for Group 5 invite research-based papers on stochastic
thinking, including probability, statistics and the interface between the=
se
domains.

We will be particularly interested in theoretical, empirical or
developmental papers that address one or more of the following themes
(though any papers of relevance to the overall focus of the group will al=
so
be considered):
=B7The nature and development of stochastic thinking and its relationship=
 to
other types of mathematical thinking, including the interface between
probabilistic and statistical thinking, such as in modelling or data
exploration.
=B7The relationship between stochastic thinking and external factors such=
 as
teaching methodologies, tools, tasks and setting.
=B7The role of computer-based tools, including microworlds, on stochastic
thinking.
=B7The elaboration of theoretical frameworks that may provide insightful
models for interpreting evidence from research on stochastic thinking.

We wish to encourage papers from researchers world-wide.

Papers for Group 5 on Stochastic Thinking should be submitted electronica=
lly
by September 15th, 2002, to Dave Pratt (dave.pratt@warwick.ac.uk), togeth=
er
with the submission form. This form and details of format for papers are
given on the CERME3 web site (see above for URL).

If you have further questions, please contact any of the leaders of the
group (email addresses are given below).


Dave Pratt (Group 5 Coordinator)
dave.pratt@warwick.ac.uk

Carmen Batanero
batanero@goliat.ugr.es

Rolf Biehler
biehler@mathematik.uni-kassel.de

Michel Henry
michel.henry@univ-fcomte.fr