ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS' UNDERSTANDING<br>OF THE MEAN AND MEDIAN

Authors: 
Tim Jacobbe
Type: 
Proceedings
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2008
Publisher: 
Proceedings from the joint ICMI/IASE Study Statistics in School Mathematics.<br>Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education
URL: 
http://www.ugr.es/~icmi/iase_study/Files/Contents.htm
Abstract: 

This paper presents results from a case study that explored elementary school teachers' understanding of essential topics in statistics. Teachers' understanding of the mean and median is presented in light of the suggestions by the GAISE document at Level A. It is important to consider where inservice teachers' understanding currently lies as we explore issues related to improving the sophistication of teaching and learning statistics in elementary schools.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education