SUBJECT MATTER KNOWLEDGE FOR TEACHING STATISTICAL
ASSOCIATION
STEPHANIE A. CASEY
scasey@dist113.org
ABSTRACT
This study seeks to describe the subject
matter knowledge needed for teaching statistical association at the secondary
level. Taking a practice-based qualitative approach, three experienced teachers
were observed as they taught statistical association and interviewed
immediately following each observation. Records of practice were assembled to
create a compilation document to recreate each of the fifty observed class
sessions along with related materials including textbook pages and student work.
Analysis of the compilation documents focused on the demands upon teachers'
subject matter knowledge involved in the practice of teaching. Findings
regarding the knowledge required for teaching correlation coefficient are
highlighted, including its computation, interpretation, sensitivity,
estimation, and related terminology.
Keywords: Statistics
education research; Qualitative research; Teacher knowledge
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Statistics Education Research Journal,
9(2), 50-68, http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/serj
Ó International Association
for Statistical Education (IASE/ISI), November, 2010
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