Comprehension of statistical graphs and tables by primary school teachers-in-training
Understanding statistical graphs and tables is essential for elementary school teachers’ performance, as they are part of the basic education curriculum content; moreover, they are used for the elaboration of educational planning and diagnosis. For this reason, teachers’ initial training must consid...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) |
| Repositorio: | Zetetiké (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8656854 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/zetetike/article/view/8656854 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Teachers’ initial training Graphs and tables comprehension Statistical sense Fundamental statistical ideas Formación inicial de profesores Comprensión de gráficas y tablas Sentido estadístico Ideas estadísticas fundamentales |
| Sumario: | Understanding statistical graphs and tables is essential for elementary school teachers’ performance, as they are part of the basic education curriculum content; moreover, they are used for the elaboration of educational planning and diagnosis. For this reason, teachers’ initial training must consider these subjects. An exploratory-descriptive research, which was made in two stages, is reported: in the first stage, 240 students of the B.A. in Elementary Education at a Teacher Education School in Mexico took a test to analyze a statistical table and a graph; in the second stage, a series of task-focused interviews were applied to a sample of nine students in order to recognize their level of comprehension and difficulties. The results demonstrate different levels of comprehension of the graph and the table, as well as the basic underlying statistical concepts. The findings suggest that students have not worked enough with statistical graphs and tables. |
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