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Watson, Jane M.; Nathan, Erica L. – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2010
As part of an interview protocol investigating teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in statistics, 40 teachers were presented with a newspaper article reporting a phone-in survey about the legalisation of marijuana. The article and a question about the reliability of the sample had earlier been used in student surveys, and three student…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Student Surveys, Foreign Countries, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Watson, Jane M. – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2012
This article compares the definition of "box plot" as used in the "Australian Curriculum: Mathematics" with other definitions used in the education community; describes the difficulties students experience when dealing with box plots; and discusses the elaboration that is necessary to enable teachers to develop the knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Probability, Data Analysis, Mathematics Curriculum