Naslov
The Requirements in Statistics Education - Comparison of PISA Mathematical Tasks and Tasks from the Mathematical Textbooks in the Field of Statistics

Autori
Glasnović Gracin, Dubravka ; Vuković, Predrag

Izvornik
Teaching mathematics and computer science (1589-7389) 8 (2010), 2; 263-275

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Teaching statistics; mathematics textbooks; PISA assessment; mathematical requirements; analysis

Sažetak
This work presents the results of the didactical analysis of mathematical textbooks in the field of statistics. The analysis is based on the three most represented mathematical textbooks for obligatory education in 7th grade in Croatia. The results of the analysis are furthermore compared to the analysis results about the mathematical requirements in PISA assessment. The analysis shows that PISA’s released statistics problems have in many ways different mathematical requirements from the requirements of textbook problems in the statistics chapters, with respect to the mathematical activities, complexity and in the forms of questions. The textbook analysis shows that mathematical examples and problems in the field of statistics often require operation and interpretation skills on a reproductive or connections level. Statistics textbook problems are given in the closed-answer form. The results also show that while PISA puts strong emphasis on the statistics field, in the current Croatian curriculum this field is barely present. These discrepancies in requirements and portion of statistics activities surely affect the results of Croatian pupils on PISA assessment in the field of mathematical literacy.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Matematika, Pedagogija

Napomena
ZDM subject classification code: 97U20, 97K70

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