EXPLAINING TEACHERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS STATISTICS

Authors: 
Assumpta Estrada and Carmen Batanero
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: 

We summarize three studies aimed at assessing teachers' attitudes towards statistics. In the first study the comparison of prospective and in-service primary school teachers' attitudes towards statistics revealed no differences. The second study explores the structure of pre-service teachers' attitudes towards statistics and its relationships with statistical knowledge. We finally present the preliminary results of an on-going study, where an open-ended questionnaire is used to find potential explanations for prospective teachers' positive or negative attitudes.

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