Section iv commentary

the perspective of mathematics education

Jane M. Watson

pp. 709-720

in: Egan J. Chernoff, Bharath Sriraman (eds), Probabilistic thinking, Berlin, Springer, 2014

Abstract

The ten chapters selected for this section were chosen to reflect the perspective of Mathematics Education. The first task of this commentary is hence to reflect on this perspective in comparison or contrast with the perspectives of the other three sections of the book: Mathematics and Philosophy, Psychology, Stochastics. The next consideration is how the topics of the ten chapters fit within the perspective of Mathematics Education and the contributions they make to our understanding of probability within Mathematics Education. This leads to further suggestions for extension of the projects and issues covered in the chapters. Finally, some comments are made about other past, current, and potential contributions from researchers in probability to the field of Mathematics Education.