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Pre-service teachers' understanding of measures of centre: When the meaning gets lost?
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Reaburn, R, Pre-service teachers' understanding of measures of centre: When the meaning gets lost?, Mathematics Education: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 7-11 July 2013, Melbourne, Victoria, pp. 563-569. (2013) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
Measures of centre (the mean, median and mode) are fundamental to the discipline of statistics. Yet previous research shows that students may not have a thorough conceptual understanding of these measures, even though these statistics are easy to calculate. This study describes the findings of a study of pre-service teachers's ideas of measures of centre. The results indicate that while some participants had ideas about these statistics that were valid; a substantial proportion displayed little understanding of these measures.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Education |
| Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
| Research Field: | Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Teaching and curriculum |
| Objective Field: | Teacher and instructor development |
| UTAS Author: | Reaburn, R (Dr Robyn Reaburn) |
| ID Code: | 85620 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Deposited By: | Education |
| Deposited On: | 2013-07-24 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-12-09 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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