Survey on Elementary, Junior and High School Teachers' Statistical Literacy : The need for teacher training in variability

• ISODA Masami

  Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba

• GONZALEZ Orlando

  IDEC, Hiroshima University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 小学校・中学校・高等学校教師の統計的リテラシーに関する調査研究 : 「ばらつき(ちらばり)」に係る教員研修の必要性を探る
• ショウガッコウ ・ チュウガッコウ ・ コウトウ ガッコウ キョウシ ノ トウケイテキ リテラシー ニ カンスル チョウサ ケンキュウ : 「 バラツキ(チラバリ)」 ニ カカル キョウイン ケンシュウ ノ ヒツヨウセイ オ サグル

Abstract

Gonzalez and Isoda (2011a) proposed variability as one of the key ideas for improving the teaching of statistics as well as for developing statistical literacy for the knowledge-based society. In order to improve, teachers need to understand and teach variability in their mathematics classes. This survey, grounded on the framework of conceptualization of variability proposed by Shaughnessy (2007), selected survey tasks based on previous researches. Through this survey we examined teachers' statistical literacy from the viewpoint of variability and found that, although there are specialized mathematics teachers in junior and senior high school, their achievements were very low; this was also the case with elementary school teachers, who do not have any specialization in mathematics. Based on the survey's results, this paper proposed the necessity of in-service teacher education in statistics.

Journal

• Journal of Science Education in Japan

  Journal of Science Education in Japan 36 (1), 61-76, 2012

  Japan Society for Science Education

Keywords

• Statistical Literacy
• Mathematical Literacy
• Content Knowledge
• In-service Teacher Training

Details

• CRID: 1390282680727240064
• NII Article ID: 110009431159
• NII Book ID: AN00036978
• DOI: 10.14935/jssej.36.61
• ISSN: 21885338
• ISSN: 03864553
• NDL BIB ID: 023641722
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I023641722
• Text Lang: ja
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