Abstract

JUAREZ DUARTE, José Alfredo  and  INZUNSA CAZARES, Santiago. The comprehension and knowledge of high-school Mathematics teachers regarding basic statistical concepts. Perfiles educativos [online]. 2014, vol.36, n.146, pp.14-29. ISSN 0185-2698.

This paper presents the results of a study involving 31 high school teachers. The objective of the research is to evaluate the comprehension and knowledge of the said teaching staff regarding diverse statistical concepts that form part of the study programs. The collection of the data was carried out using a mixed methodology. The results show the teachers have only a superficial and isolated understanding of statistical concepts, such as the interpretation and conversion of several graphic representations, or the measurement of key and variable trends. Regarding their knowledge on the comparison of data, they use few of the concepts which are key to describing them, thus meaning the knowledge of the majority of these teachers lies in the lowest levels of the taxonomic model: Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO).

Keywords : High school education; Mathematics teaching; Teacher training; Statistics; Meanings; Statistical reasoning.

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