Un estudio comparado de las actitudes hacia la estadística en profesores en formación y en ejercicio

Abstract

In this paper we present the results from an attitude scale from a sample of sixty-six in-service teachers and seventy-four trainee primary teachers. Although there were no significant differences by gender, those individuals with previous instruction in statistics performed better. At the same time, attitude was better among in-service teachers; however, attitudes tend to deteriorate with everyday statistics teaching practice. This suggests that statistics is a difficult topic for teachers and that they need extra support from mathematics education departments.