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ERIC Number: EJ856369
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Jul
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1069-1898
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Preparing Teachers of Statistics: A Graduate Course for Future Teachers
Garfield, Joan; Everson, Michelle
Journal of Statistics Education, v17 n2 Jul 2009
This paper describes a unique graduate-level course that prepares teachers of introductory statistics at the college and high school levels. The course was developed as part of a graduate degree program in statistics education. Although originally taught in a face-to-face setting, the class has been converted to an online course to be accessible to more students. The course serves students who are pursuing graduate degrees in a variety of disciplines but who want to teach statistics as part of their careers. It also serves current teachers in high school who are teaching the Advanced Placement Statistics course as well as teachers at two-year and four-year colleges. The curriculum for the course is based on the theory that good teachers of statistics need to be "developed", as opposed to being "trained". Building on recent teacher preparation theory, we describe a course that models and builds specific knowledge about teaching and learning statistics. In addition, this course is organized around the six recommendations of the ASA-endorsed Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE). (Contains 2 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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