Dani Ben-Zvi, Joan Garfield, and Katie Makar are leading researchers in statistics education and active in the international community. They develop and coordinate graduate programs in statistics education, prepare teachers and doctoral students, and conduct research in schools that contribute to the field. They have recruited the most prominent statistics educators and researchers from around the world to collaborate with them as section editors or authors for the handbook.

Establishes statistics education as a legitimate field of knowledge and study

Part I. Statistics, statistics education, and statistics education research.- Introduction to Part I.- What is statistics?.- What is statistics education?.- What is statistics education research?.- Part II. Major contributions of statistics education research.- Introduction to Part II.- The practice of statistics.- Research on data.- Research on uncertainty.- Introducing Children to Modeling Variability.- Learning about Statistical Inference.- Statistics Learning Trajectories.- Research on Statistics Teachers' Cognitive and Affective Characteristics.- Part III. Contemporary issues and emerging directions in research on learning and teaching statistics.- Introduction to Part III.- The Nature and Use of Theories in Statistics Education.- Re-imagining curriculum approaches.- Challenge to the Established Curriculum (A Collection of Reflections).- Building Capacity in Statistics Teacher Education.- Revolutions in Teaching and L
earning Statistics (A Collection of Reflections).- Design of Statistics Learning Environments.

This handbook connects the practice of statistics to the teaching and learning of the subject with contributions from experts in several disciplines. Chapters present current challenges and methods of statistics education in the changing world for statistics and mathematics educators. Issues addressed include current and future challenges in professional development of teachers, use of technology tools, design of learning environments and appropriate student assessments. This handbook presents challenging and inspiring international research perspectives on the history and nature, current issues, and future directions of statistics education and statistics education research.