Seiji Maki|Tatsuya Horita
Comparative Study of the Categorization of Items of Statistical Literacy in Mathematics textbooks of elementary, junior high, and high schools in Japan
Yamagata Prefectural Mamurogawa High School|Tohoku University
many forms statistical data necessary students acquire reading comprehension critical thinking skills able judge reliability data students reading comprehension critical thinking abilities pertaining assessment statistical data decreased result pisa timss surveys 1 purpose study quantitatively analyze number issues related statistical literacy derived mathematics textbooks japans elementary schools junior high schools high schools problems focus reading comprehension critical thinking abilities seldom appear elementary school arithmetic junior high school high school mathematics textbooks thus paper suggested decrease reading comprehension critical thinking skills partly result lack opportunities students solve problems target skills reason teachers must teach reading comprehension critical thinking using additional teaching materials