The Statistics Education of Teachers

摘要

The opportunity of "statistical literacy" for all is upon us! The release in 2012 and widespread adoption in most states of the Common Core State Standard for Mathematics (CCSSM) have dramatically increased the amount of statistical content and expectations for teaching statistics in grades 6-12 . As you view the standards for statistics, you may say, "This sounds similar to the course content in an AP Statistics course or a college introductory statistics course." The statistics standards at K-12 are intended to introduce basic statistics topics at an intuitive and conceptual level using case studies, technology, and simulation. In light of these increased expectations of delivering conceptually based statistical content at K-12, the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) identified the statistical preparation of teachers as an area of concern in their recent document, Mathematics Education of Teachers 2 (MET2).