Statistics knowledge of elementary teachers

Book: 
Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Authors: 
Bright, G. W., Friel, S. N., & Berenson, S. B.
Editors: 
Becker, J. R., & Pence, B. J.
Type: 
Proceedings
Category: 
Research
Volume: 
1
Pages: 
292-298
Year: 
1993
Publisher: 
Asilomar Conference Center
Place: 
Pacific Grove
Abstract: 

This study examine 56 elementary school teachers' knowledge of statistics before and after a three-week statistics workshop. Content knowledge was assessed through a paper-and-pencil instrument of twelve, open-ended statistics questions; responses were scored holistically.

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