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The book offers examples of how statistics is conceived in the mathematics school curriculum and how school teachers are trained to teach statistics around the world, as well as discussion of fundamentals in the teaching of statistics. The book also includes a state-of-the-art summary of the research on Teachers´ beliefs, attitudes and knowledge in relation to statistics education and analyses the implications and activities for training school teachers to teach statistics.

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Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics-Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education results from the Joint ICMI/IASE Study Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics: Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education. Oriented to analyse the teaching of statistics in school and to recommend improvements in the training of mathematics teachers to encourage success in preparing statistically literate students, the volume provides a picture of the current situation in both the teaching of school statistics and the pre-service education of mathematics teachers.

A primary goal of Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics-Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education is to describe the essential elements of statistics, teacher´s professional knowledge and their learning experiences. Moreover, a research agenda that invites new research, while building from current knowledge, is developed. Recommendations about strategies and materials, available to train prospective teachers in university and in-service teachers who have not been adequately prepared, are also accessible to the reader.

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