Licorice Production and Manufacturing: All-Sorts of Practical Applications for Statistics

This article explores the practical use of statistics in a manufacturing context.  The first part of this article describes an activity based on "manufacturing" licorice sticks from play dough which was carried out in Grade 1 and Grade 3 classrooms.  The second part of the article details a professional development session carried out with 27 teachers to introduce them to the concept of variation in an environment suitable for upper primary and middle school students.

Using M&Ms to Develop Statistical Literacy

This article outlines several teaching episodes revolving around the idea of using M&Ms to inspire children working in Chance and Data.

Trialling a Professional Statistical Literacy Hierarchy for Teachers

This article explores a study of the statistical literacy of teachers when using statistical reports generated from assessment data provided by system authorities. 

It identifies three levels of ability when reading and comparing values and analysing a data set.

**NEW** A guide to statistical literacy in the classroom

Professor Jane Watson and Associate Professor Rosemary Callingham 

Explore some real life examples to help students to understand, appreciate and question statistics in the news media.

Statistics and Probability.

A presentation given by Rosemary Callingham, University of Tasmania as part of the Catholic Education Melbourne Sustaining Mathematics Education (SME) 5-7 program 2013.  

The Teaching and Learning of Chance and Data

This presentation was given as part of the Catholic Education Melbourne Success In Numeracy Education (SINE) Network day in 2005.