Book:
Proceedings of the 20th annual meetings of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia: People in Mathematics Education (MERGA)
Editors:
Biddulph, F. & Carr, K.
Type:
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Year:
1997
Publisher:
University of Waikato Printery
URL:
See compilation of Research Papers from 1997 ID # 2852 (Garfield & Truran)
Abstract:
This paper explores some observed confusions held by pre-service teachers about concepts of probability and statistics. The writer uses information about confusion and misconceptions held by pre-service teachers gained by examination of teaching assignments written by her tertiary students. It considers some other research in this field and makes some suggestions about what steps may be taken to provide pre-service teachers with a better understanding of stochastics.
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