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40
Citations
7868
World Ranking
5319
National Ranking
382

Overview

Jane M. Watson is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Social Sciences and Mathematics. Their work spans multiple aspects of education, particularly focusing on statistics education and pedagogical methodologies.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Statistics Education and Methodologies
  • Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
  • Educational Assessment and Pedagogy
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
  • Science Education and Pedagogy
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Education Systems and Policy

Watson's recent papers illustrate their engagement with contemporary challenges and developments in statistics education. These works include:

  • THE INFLUENCE OF VARIATION AND EXPECTATION ON THE DEVELOPING AWARENESS OF DISTRIBUTION, 2022, Statistics Education Research Journal
  • FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS' INTEREST IN STATISTICAL LITERACY, 2022, Statistics Education Research Journal
  • Statistics education at a time of global disruption and crises: a growing challenge for the curriculum, classroom and beyond, 2022, Curriculum Perspectives

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Mathematics Education Research Journal
  • Statistics Education Research Journal
  • Teaching Statistics
  • Australian and International Journal of Rural Education
  • Curriculum Perspectives

Watson has collaborated regularly with co-authors such as:

  • Noleine Fitzallen
  • Caroline Smith
  • Suzie Wright
  • Ben A. Kelly
  • Rosemary Callingham

In addition to journal articles, Watson has contributed to book publications, with at least one title published by Springer Nature:

  • Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2023

Their subfields of study demonstrate a focus on education-related disciplines, including:

  • Education
  • Statistics and Probability
  • General Health Professions
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Molecular Biology

Best Publications

  • Statistical Literacy at School: Growth and Goals

    Jane M. Watson

  • Statistical literacy: A complex hierarchical construct.

    Jane Watson;Rosemary Callingham

  • Assessing Statistical Thinking Using the Media

    JM Watson

  • Developing Concepts of Sampling

    Jane M. Watson;Jonathan B. Moritz

  • Profiling teachers' competence and confidence to teach particular mathematics topics: the case of chance and data

    Jane M. Watson

  • The Beginning of Statistical Inference: Comparing Two Data Sets

    Jane M. Watson;Jonathan B. Moritz

  • The Longitudinal Development of Understanding of Average

    Jane M. Watson;Jonathan B. Moritz

  • The measurement of school students' understanding of statistical variation

    Jane M. Watson;Ben A. Kelly;Rosemary A. Callingham;J. Michael Shaughnessy

  • Implementation and Analysis of the Todd-Coxeter Algorithm

    John J. Cannon;Lucien A. Dimino;George Havas;Jane M. Watson

  • The nature and development of middle school mathematics teachers’ knowledge

    Kim Beswick;Rosemary Callingham;Jane Watson

  • Development of understanding of sampling for statistical literacy

    Jane M Watson;Jonathan B Moritz

  • Visual processing during mathematical problem solving

    K. Jennifer Campbell;Kevin F. Collis;Jane M. Watson

  • Fairness of Dice: A Longitudinal Study of Students' Beliefs and Strategies for Making Judgments

    Jane M. Watson;Jonathan B. Moritz

  • School Mathematics Students' Acknowledgement of Statistical Variation

    JM Shaughnessy;JM Watson;JB Moritz;C Reading

  • Mathematics: Essential Research, Essential Practice

    JM Watson;K Beswick

  • The Development of Chance Measurement

    Jane M. Watson;Kevin F. Collis;Jonathan B. Moritz

  • Developing Reasoning about Samples

    Jane M. Watson

  • Development of the concept of statistical variation: An exploratory study

    Rob Torok;Jane Watson

  • A Model for Assessing Higher Order Thinking in Statistics

    Jane M. Watson;Kevin F. Collis;Rosemary A. Callingham;Jonathan B. Moritz

  • Exploring beginning inference with novice grade 7 students

    Jane M. Watson

  • The Development of Concepts of Average.

    Jane M. Watson;Jonathan B. Moritz

Frequent Co-Authors

Lyn D. English
Lyn D. English Queensland University of Technology

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