Characteristics of Teachers' Conversations about Teaching Mean, Median, and Mode

Published: 
Jul. 02, 2009

Source: Teaching and Teacher Education, Volume 25, Issue 5, pages 707-716 (July 2009).

The study analyzed a conversation among a group of teachers responsible for teaching the concepts of mean, median, and mode. After reading an article describing some specific student difficulties in learning the concepts, teachers were asked to discuss how the teaching of the concepts could be improved.
Several claims pertinent to improving teaching practice were offered. Claims focused on the appropriate age at which to introduce statistical concepts, the influence of the state-prescribed curriculum on teaching practice, content-specific teaching strategies, and content-independent teaching strategies. Teachers' claims were discussed in terms of points of departure and agreement with existing empirical research.

Updated: Jun. 08, 2009
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