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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
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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
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Groth, Randall E.; Bergner, Jennifer A. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2005
The study describes the nature of pre-service teachers' idiosyncratic metaphors for the concept of statistical sample. These metaphors were investigated because of their potential to provide insight about individuals' content knowledge and how that content knowledge is enacted during teaching. Personal metaphors were elicited from 54 pre-service…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Pedagogical Content Knowledge