A Survey of Teachers' Beliefs About Statistics and Their Relationship to Teachers' Resources

• In Event: 35.083 - Poster Session 7
  In Poster Session: 35.083-8 - Research in Mathematics Education SIG Poster Session

Abstract

This paper describes a survey of high school teachers’ beliefs toward the concepts described in the statistics content strand of the CCSSM (NGA Center & CCSO, 2010) and their resources, as well as possible relationships between their beliefs and their resources. Four belief elements were studied teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs for teaching statistics concepts, value of statistics in everyday life, value of statistics for students, and place of statistics in the curriculum. Correlation analysis was used to look at the possible relationships between the belief elements and teachers’ resources. Findings include that teachers’ belief about the value of statistics seems to be a central belief of those studied, and teachers’ previous experiences teaching statistics has a significant association with teacher’s beliefs.

Author

• Travis Weiland, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth