Actitudes hacia la estadística en futuros maestros de educación infantil

Abstract

Es un hecho conocido que la estadística es una de las disciplinas que generan poca empatía entre los estudiantes. En este trabajo se presenta un estudio acerca de las actitudes hacia la estadística que manifiestan los estudiantes del primer curso del grado de Educación Infantil de la Universidad de Córdoba. Para su análisis, se utilizó una escala tipo Likert diseñada y utilizada por diversos investigadores en educación matemática. Los resultados muestran que los estudiantes evaluados valoran positivamente la materia, la consideran útil para su formación y para el futuro ejercicio de su profesión docente, pero, además de generarles poco agrado, evitan usarla fuera del aula.

Attitudes Towards Statistics and Statistical Reasoning of Teachers in Training

“…Secondly, there is a statistically significant positive correlation between the total score on the scale of attitudes towards statistics and age of the teachers in training. Although the correlation is moderate, these results differ from those of León-Montero et al (2018), where no significant correlation was found. This difference possibly lies in the fact that older students may be more experienced in statistics than younger ones and, as Estrada et al (2004) pose it: attitude is a construct that is affected by personal and school variables.…”

“…The results suggest that the prospective teachers mistrust the usefulness of statistics in other areas, as they consider that statistical results are easily manipulated. These results are consistent with those obtained by Estrada et al (2004) and León-Montero et al (2018), who found that prospective teachers distrust the statistical results published in the mass or popular media. Authors such as (Pérez et al, 2015) point out question 3 as problematic because, when applying the SATS to a sample of 350 university students from a university in Colombia, they found that this question scored the least, and its correlation with the other questions of the instrument was also one of the lowest.…”

“…The attitude towards statistics is part of a psychological construct that can be used to understand and predict individuals' reactions and how their behaviour can be influenced (Estrada et al, 2011). Different studies indicate that attitude is a multidimensional construct of both pedagogical components (including the affective, cognitive, and behaviour) and anthropological components (including the social, educational, and instrumental) (Estrada, 2002;Groth & Meletiou-Mavrotheris, 2018;León-Montero et al, 2018).…”

“…The SATS has been applied in previous studies related to prospective teachers. For example, León-Montero et al (2018) applied the scale to a random sample of 105 pre-service primary education teachers from a university in Spain. They found that the prospective teachers value statistics positively, considering it useful for their training and the future of their professional practice.…”

“…Owing to the limited literature on teachers' attitudes towards statistics and their teaching (Estrada et al, 2011;Groth and Meletiou-Mavrotheris, 2018;Ruz et al, 2020), research on attitudes towards statistics of teachers in primary education is limited (León-Montero et al, 2018;Lopes, 2008). This poses a challenge in identifying the attitudes towards statistics of future primary education teachers.…”