Probabilistic thinking in mathematics training teachers: an approach from random games
Francisco Rodriguez Alveal, Timur Koparan
article (Uluslararası, Hakemli) | Yazar(lar): Francisco Rodriguez Alveal, Timur Koparan | Yıl: 2023 | Dergi/Kurum: REVISTA FUENTES | İndeks: WOS.ESCI | DOI: 10.12795/revistafuentes.2023.22921 | Anahtar Kelimeler: Statistics, Probability, Teaching, probabilistic thinking, random games, Active learning, ICT, Secondary ed
The purpose of this article is to identify and describe the skills associated with probabilistic thinking acquired by mathematics teachers in training in statistics subjects when they respond to stochastic games. For this purpose, a qualitative approach was used, based on a content analysis. As an information capture technique, an instrument of two non-deterministic games adapted to the Chilean context was applied, in which the participants had to answer three open questions. The 34 participants were selected by means of a non-probabilistic sampling of the intentional type. Among the main findings, it stands out that the teachers in training show little capacity to conjecture, as well as the transit between the intuitive probability to the frequency, likewise they do not graphically represent or argue about the behavior of random phenomena in order to achieve collaborative learning and peer feedback. Instead, the use of technology in the simulations is evident, according to what is explicit in the school curriculum. In conclusion, teachers in mathematics pedagogy training have little development in the skills associated with probabilistic thinking to describe and justify the behavior of stochastic phenomena.