Journal for History of Mathematics (한국수학사학회지)

The Korean Society for History of Mathematics (한국수학사학회)
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A consideration of the real meanings of introducing Bayesian inference into school mathematics curriculum

베이즈 추론을 수학과 교육과정에 도입하는 것의 실제 의미에 대한 일고찰

  • Received : 2023.10.11
  • Accepted : 2024.01.22
  • Published : 2024.02.29
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Abstract

In this study, we identified the intellectual triggers for Bayesian inference and what key ideas contributed to its occurrence and discussed the practical implications of introducing Bayesian inference into the school mathematics curriculum by reflecting them. The results of the study show that the need for statistical inference about the parameter itself served as a trigger for the occurrence of Bayesian inference, and the most important idea for the occurrence of that inference was to regard the parameter itself as a probability variable rather than any fixed value. On the other hand, these research results suggest that the meaning of introducing Bayesian inference into the secondary mathematics curriculum is 'statistics education that expands the scope of uncertainty'.

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