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["Lisbeth Cordani" <lisbethk@terra.com.br>]

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From: jharraway@maths.otago.ac.nz
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To: lisbethk@terra.com.br
Subject: Eighth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics 
Education

Hi Prof. Lisbeth K. Cordani,

I forward this announcement on behalf of Arthur Bakker to all members of
IASE, both current and former. This method of communication continues to
keep those interested in statistics education informed about new related
activities where ever they live in the world. I hope that in passing on
these notices I am not causing email overload for recipients.

Best wishes
John Harraway
President IASE


The Eighth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics
Education) will take place at Antalya, Turkey: 6th to 10th February 2013
(http://www.cerme8.metu.edu.tr).

CERME8: Working Group 5

Stochastic Thinking
Leaders: Arthur Bakker (the Netherlands): a.bakker4@uu.nl
Pedro Arteaga (Spain), Andreas Eichler (Germany), Corinne Hahn (France)

Scope and Focus of WG5

Stochastic thinking refers to statistical and probabilistic thinking and the
combination of both. Statistical thinking is a key skill for the citizen who
needs to interpret information presented through the media or the workplace,
to contribute to modern society and to interpret scholarly papers. An
important challenge is to develop statistically literate citizens and
meaningful use of statistical tools. An important step forwards would be to
consider bridges between data analysis, probability and inference and it is
in this common ground that we locate stochastic thinking. Recent
developments in technology support (i) dynamic exploration of data and (ii)
experimentation with probabilistic models as generators of data as well as
in exploratory data analysis or informal statistical inference. However,
professional development of teachers is crucial to keep up with such
developments.

WG 5 positions itself within research that is fundamentally important at a
time when new developments provide new stimulus for growth in the body of
research on stochastic thinking. Presentations will be short, only to
refresh participantsÃââ reading of the papers and to feed collaborative
group work.

Call for papers and poster proposals

We will be particularly interested in theoretical, empirical or design-based
research papers (10 pages maximum) and poster proposals (2 pages) that
address one or more of the following themes (though any papers of relevance
to the group focus will also be considered):

* The 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, informal
statistical inference or data
exploration.

* The professional development of mathematics teachers to teach statistics:
frameworks of teachersÃââ knowledge (components and competences); evaluation
of teacher knowledge and ability to use computer tools, and their influence
on student or adult statistical and probabilistic thinking.

* The role of computer-based tools on stochastic thinking.

* The elaboration of theoretical frameworks that may provide insightful
models for interpreting evidence from research on stochastic thinking.

There are no restrictions to the area of education or learning: papers on
vocational education and training or adult learning are as welcome as papers
on primary, secondary or tertiary education.
Papers and poster proposals should use the CERME8 WORD template, and conform
to the guidelines at http://www.cerme8.metu.edu.tr.
To submit it, you must email your paper as a WORD document to Arthur Bakker
at a.bakker4@uu.nl, AND at the same time to the conference secretariat at
accerme8@metu.edu.tr.
If possible please also send a pdf version in addition to the WORD document.

Reviews and Decisions

Each paper will be peer-reviewed by three people from among those who submit
papers to this Working Group. Please expect to be asked to review up to
three papers yourself between 15th September and 22nd October 2012. It may
be necessary for you to revise your paper before final acceptance. Please
reserve some time to do this in the second half of November. The group
leaders will decide about the acceptance of posters.

Important dates

15 September 2012: Deadline for submission of papers.
1 October 2012:   Deadline for submission of poster proposals.
22 October 2012: Deadline for reviewers to submit their reviews.
1 December 2012:    Deadline for revisions to papers.