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Casey, Stephanie A.; Albert, Jim; Ross, Andrew – Journal of Statistics Education, 2018
Due to the increased role of statistics in current curriculum standards, there is at present a call for attention to secondary teachers' knowledge for teaching statistics in teacher education. This article reports the results of a study that answered this call by addressing mathematics teachers' knowledge for teaching graphing of bivariate…
Descriptors: Statistics, Graphs, Teacher Education Programs, Mathematics Teachers
Dolor, Jason Mark Asis – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In the last three decades, there has been a significant growth in the number of undergraduate students taking introductory statistics. As a result, there is a need by universities and community colleges to find well-qualified instructors and graduate teaching assistants to teach the growing number of statistics courses. Unfortunately, research has…
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Undergraduate Students
Casey, Stephanie A.; Wasserman, Nicholas H. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' subject matter knowledge relevant to the teaching of informal line of best fit. Task-based interviews were conducted with nineteen pre-service and in-service mathematics teachers. The results include descriptions and categorizations of teachers' conceptions, criteria for placement, accuracy of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Statistics, Interviews
Lovett, Jennifer N.; Lee, Hollylynne S. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2018
Amid the implementation of new curriculum standard regarding statistics and new recommendations for preservice secondary mathematics teachers (PSMTs) to teach statistics, there is a need to examine the current state of PSMTs' knowledge of the statistical content they will be expected to teach. This study reports on the statistical knowledge of 217…
Descriptors: Statistics, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Teachers
Lovett, Jennifer Nickell – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study is to provide researchers, mathematics educators, and statistics educators information about the current state of preservice secondary mathematics teachers' preparedness to teach statistics. To do so, this study employed an explanatory mixed methods design to quantitatively examine the statistical knowledge and statistics…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Readiness, Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Lovett, Jennifer N.; Lee, Hollylynne S. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2017
Amid the implementation of new curriculum standard regarding statistics and new recommendations for preservice secondary mathematics teachers [PSMTs] to teach statistics, there is a need to examine the current state of PSMTs' common statistical knowledge. This study reports on the statistical knowledge 217 PSMTs from a purposeful sample of 18…
Descriptors: Statistics, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Teachers
Chesler, Joshua – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2015
Undergraduate mathematics programs must prepare teachers for the challenges of teaching statistical thinking as advocated in standards documents and statistics education literature. This study investigates the statistical thinking of pre-service secondary mathematics teachers at the end of their undergraduate educations. Although all had completed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Statistics
Lee, Hollylynne Stohl; Kersaint, Gladis; Harper, Suzanne; Driskell, Shannon O.; Leatham, Keith R. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2012
This study examined a random stratified sample (n = 62) of prospective teachers' work across eight institutions on three tasks that utilized dynamic statistical software. The authors considered how teachers utilized their statistical knowledge and technological statistical knowledge to engage in cycles of investigation. This paper characterizes…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Problem Solving
Hannigan, Ailish; Gill, Olivia; Leavy, Aisling M. – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2013
The development of statistical literacy is fast becoming the focus of a large part of mathematics instruction at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. This broadening of the mathematics curriculum to encompass a focus on statistics makes considerable demands on teachers. Most mathematics teachers acknowledge the practical importance of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
Martinez, Mara V., Ed.; Superfine, Alison Castro, Ed. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2013
These Proceedings are a written record of the research presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA 2013) held in Chicago, Illinois, November 14-17, 2013. The theme of the conference is Broadening Perspectives on Mathematics Thinking and Learning.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Algebra, Number Concepts
Metz, Mary Louise – Journal of Statistics Education, 2010
Statistics education has become an increasingly important component of the mathematics education of today's citizens. In part to address the call for a more statistically literate citizenship, The "Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE)" were developed in 2005 by the American Statistical Association. These…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Guidelines, Mathematics Teachers, Statistics
McLeod, Kevin; Huinker, Deann – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2007
There has been much debate in recent years as to the amount and type of mathematical knowledge that teachers need to acquire. One set of recommendations is provided by the Mathematical Education of Teachers (MET) report, produced jointly by the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America. This paper reports on efforts…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Teachers