Maxine Jeanette Pfannkuch is a New Zealand statistics educator, known for her work reforming the New Zealand national statistics curriculum. She is an associate professor in the department of statistics of the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

, and the former editor-in-chief of the ''Statistics Education Research Journal''.

Education

Pfannkuch taught at the high school level beginning in 1972, and was head of mathematics at

Avondale College, Auckland Avondale College is a state coeducational secondary school located in the central Auckland, New Zealand, suburb of Avondale. With a roll of students from Years 9–13 (ages 12–18), it is the third largest secondary school in New Zealand. ...

from 1983 to 1987. After working as an advisor to the Ministry of Education and as an instructor at the

Auckland College of Education The Auckland College of Education, earlier known as the Auckland Training College and the Auckland Teachers' Training College, was a teachers' college in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. It was established in 1881 and was based in the Aucklan ...

, she returned to graduate study in 1994 and earned her Ph.D. in 1999 from the University of Auckland under the supervision of Chris J Wild. Her Ph.D. thesis was titled ''Characteristics of statistical thinking in empirical enquiry''. She became editor-in-chief of the ''Statistics Education Research Journal'' in 2015.

Recognition

Pfannkuch is an Elected Member of the

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. She is the 2015 winner of the Campbell Award of the New Zealand Statistical Association.

References

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