Interpretación de gráficos estadísticos por futuros profesores de Educación Secundaria

  1. María Magdalena, Gea, Serrano 1
  2. Pedro, Arteaga, Cezón 1
  3. Gustavo Raúl, Cañadas, de la Fuente 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

Journal:
Avances de investigación en educación matemática: AIEM

ISSN: 2254-4313

Year of publication: 2017

Issue: 12

Pages: 19-37

Type: Article

DOI: 10.35763/AIEM.V1I12.189 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is the assessment of the interpretation of statistical graphs by students in the Masters of Secondary and High School Teacher Education. To achieve this aim we analyse the responses of 65 students in the itinerary of mathematics to three tasks in which they have to interpret the histogram, cumulative diagram and box plot for the distribution of life expectation in 193 countries. We categorize their interpretations taking into account the reading level of the response and the statistical summaries and elements of the graphs under interpretation. Although most participants’ interpretations were correct, the analysis of responses reveals errors in the understanding of statistical concepts for consideration in teacher education.

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Proyectos EDU2013-41141-P (MEC) y EDU2016-74848-P (AEI, FEDER) y Grupo FQM126 (Junta de Andalucía).

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