Design Research on an RME-Based Mathematics Module for Teaching Data Collection and Handling in Primary Schools

Elementary school mathematics education is critical to fostering students' intellectual skills and problem-solving capacities; however, early learners tend to view mathematics, including early conceptions about statistics, data collection, and analysis, as an abstract subject with negligible practical applications to their real lives. Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) would be one remedy, involving students' immersion in rich real-world contexts; however, empirical support for its applicatio