Characterising and Developing Teachers’ Knowledge for Teaching Statistics with Technology

Developing the pedagogical expertise needed to effectively engage students in learning statistics with technology requires teachers to have a depth of knowledge about statistics, technological tools for exploring statistical ideas, and of pedagogical issues related to teaching and learning statistics with technology. In this chapter, a framework for a specialised knowledge that is called technological pedagogical statistical knowledge (TPSK) is presented and examples of how aspects of this type of knowledge may assist a teacher are provided. Implications for training teachers are described.

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