Helen Chick|Robyn Pierce
Teaching statistics at the primary school level: beliefs, affordances, and pedagogical content knowledge
University of Melbourne|University of Melbourne
degree statistics teaching focuses rules critical thinking depends teachers perceptions knowledge statistics along pedagogical content knowledge paper reports findings brief study 27 preservice primary teachers teachers completed survey planned lesson grade six class based resource offered rich data opportunities addressing issues statistical literacy survey responses teaching plans analysis reveal ambivalent attitude towards statistics inability unwillingness engage deeply resource teaching plans focused correct graphs rules presentation calculation statistics put little emphasis understanding data source implications simple task provided insight preservice teachers knowledge perceptions well priorities students