Prospective Primary School Teachers’ Attitudes towards Probability and its Teaching

Since probability is a new topic at the primary school level in many countries, many primary school teachers may consider themselves not well prepared or may not value the formative role of probability as a topic for their students to learn. Consequently, the assessment of teachers’ attitudes using...

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Autores: Estrada Roca, M. Asunción, Batanero, Carmen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/70832
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5941
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/70832
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Attitudes
Probability
Teaching probability
Prospective teachers
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spelling Prospective Primary School Teachers’ Attitudes towards Probability and its TeachingEstrada Roca, M. AsunciónBatanero, CarmenAttitudesProbabilityTeaching probabilityProspective teachersSince probability is a new topic at the primary school level in many countries, many primary school teachers may consider themselves not well prepared or may not value the formative role of probability as a topic for their students to learn. Consequently, the assessment of teachers’ attitudes using valid and reliable instruments is a preliminary step in organizing formative actions for these teachers. In Estrada, Batanero and Díaz (2018), we described the development of a scale aimed at measuring primary school teachers’ attitudes towards probability and the teaching of probability. In this new paper we complete the above research and present the results of applying the questionnaire to a sample of 416 prospective primary school teachers. We analyze the results related to the different items, subscales, and total score in the scale, and explore the influence of some variables on the participants’ attitudes.Research supported by the project: EDU2016-74848-P (AEI, FEDER)Modestum Publishing Ltd.2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5941http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/70832reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//EDU2016-74848-PReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5941International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2020, vol.15, núm. 1, em0559cc-by (c) Assumpta Estrada, Carmen Batanero, 2020info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/708322026-06-24T12:42:17Z
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Estrada Roca, M. Asunción
Attitudes
Probability
Teaching probability
Prospective teachers
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title_full Prospective Primary School Teachers’ Attitudes towards Probability and its Teaching
title_fullStr Prospective Primary School Teachers’ Attitudes towards Probability and its Teaching
title_full_unstemmed Prospective Primary School Teachers’ Attitudes towards Probability and its Teaching
title_sort Prospective Primary School Teachers’ Attitudes towards Probability and its Teaching
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Batanero, Carmen
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Batanero, Carmen
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Probability
Teaching probability
Prospective teachers
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Probability
Teaching probability
Prospective teachers
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