TY - JOUR
T1 - Content knowledge and attitudes towards stochastics and its teaching in pre-service chilean mathematics teachers
AU - Ruz, Felipe
AU - Chance, Beth
AU - Medina, Elsa
AU - Contreras, José M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Chilean Government under a PhD Scholarship number 72170025, and by Bill and Linda Frost Fund, through three Frost Undergraduate Student Summer Research awards at California Polytechnic State University.
Publisher Copyright:
© International Association for Statistical Education (IASE/ISI), June, 2021
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Recognizing that mathematics teachers are facing increasing demands in the teaching of probability and statistics (stochastics) at school level, we are interested in analyzing current preservice teachers’ dispositions about content knowledge and attitudes towards the teaching and learning of stochastics. We implemented a quantitative study for a sample of 269 pre-service Chilean mathematics teachers to determine their understanding of stochastics content, their attitudes towards stochastics and its teaching, and whether these are related. We found weak associations overall, but stronger for some components. We conclude with recommendations based on these results to improve the Chilean teachers’ preparation process (pre-service) and advice that could guide the professional development of teachers (in-service).
AB - Recognizing that mathematics teachers are facing increasing demands in the teaching of probability and statistics (stochastics) at school level, we are interested in analyzing current preservice teachers’ dispositions about content knowledge and attitudes towards the teaching and learning of stochastics. We implemented a quantitative study for a sample of 269 pre-service Chilean mathematics teachers to determine their understanding of stochastics content, their attitudes towards stochastics and its teaching, and whether these are related. We found weak associations overall, but stronger for some components. We conclude with recommendations based on these results to improve the Chilean teachers’ preparation process (pre-service) and advice that could guide the professional development of teachers (in-service).
KW - Attitudes
KW - Content knowledge
KW - Pre-service teachers
KW - Statistics education research
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U2 - 10.52041/SERJ.V20I1.100
DO - 10.52041/SERJ.V20I1.100
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85110705806
VL - 20
SP - 1
EP - 30
JO - Statistics Education Research Journal
JF - Statistics Education Research Journal
SN - 1570-1824
IS - 1
ER -