[Maths-Education] Request: references about the history of averages

Tue, 3 Sep 2002 11:55:23 +0100

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A thought.

It would be a great step forward if we could delay the introduction 
of "summative measures of  central tendency and width" until a few 
years after kids had learnt to describe these and other features of 
distributions in a semi-quantitative way (currently it comes in 
reverse order in many countries)

Graphical tools now make this straightforward.  The pedagogy needs to catch up
  (as some at ICOTS have often recommended)

Hugh Burkhardt
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<div>A thought.</div>
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<div>It would be a great step forward if we could delay the
introduction of &quot;summative measures of&nbsp; central tendency and
width&quot; until a few years<b> after</b> kids had learnt to describe
these and other features of distributions in a semi-quantitative way
(currently it comes in reverse order in many countries)</div>
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<div>Graphical tools now make this straightforward.&nbsp; The pedagogy
needs to catch up</div>
<div>&nbsp;(as some at ICOTS have often recommended)</div>
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<div>Hugh Burkhardt</div>
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