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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
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Haines, Brenna – Journal of Statistics Education, 2015
The purpose of this article is to sketch a conceptualization of a framework for Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics Teaching Knowledge. Recent research continues to problematize the lack of knowledge and preparation among secondary level statistics teachers. The College Board's AP Statistics course continues to grow and gain popularity, but is a…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Statistics, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Competencies
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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
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Bargagliotti, Anna E.; Jacobbe, Tim; Webb, Derek – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2014
Since the prevalence of data and statistics in the media and workplace has greatly increased over the past few decades, the teaching of statistics in K-12 grades has also increased. This necessitates that teachers be ready to teach statistical concepts throughout the grade levels. The recently adopted Common Core State Standards for Mathematics…
Descriptors: Statistics, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, Guidelines
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Leavy, Aisling – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2015
In the evolving field of mathematics education, there is the need to maintain the relationship between what is presented in college level preparation courses and the skills required to teach mathematics in classrooms. This research examines the knowledge demands placed on 73 pre-service primary teachers as they use lesson study to plan and teach…
Descriptors: Data, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Skills
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North, Delia; Gal, Iddo; Zewotir, Temesgen – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2014
This paper aims to contribute to the emerging literature on capacity-building in statistics education by examining issues pertaining to the readiness of teachers in a developing country to teach basic statistical topics. The paper reflects on challenges and barriers to building statistics capacity at grass-roots level in a developing country,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Capacity Building, Statistics, Developing Nations
Begg, Andy; Edwards, Roger – 1999
This research investigated notions raised in the literature about teachers' lack of statistical background and knowledge. It focused on four assumptions: elementary school teachers have a rich source of ideas about statistics from their everyday teaching experiences; they have a greater understanding of statistics than they are often given credit…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Higher Education