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An Experience on Training Mathematics Teachers for Teaching Statistics in Iran

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Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics-Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education

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In order to have a more statistically literate society, the Iranian Statistical Society, in cooperation with the Iranian Association of Mathematics Teachers’ Societies, convinced the Ministry of Education to include one statistics course in the national high school curriculum. This chapter discusses some activities of the Isfahan Mathematics House related to preparing mathematics teachers to teach statistics in high school. It may provide a model for other countries in their efforts to improve statistics education and promote statistical literacy among their citizens.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Sciences University of Tehran, Enghelab Avenue, Tehran, Iran

    Ahmad Parsian

  2. School of Mathematical Sciences, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156, Iran

    Ali Rejali

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  1. Fac. Ciencias de la EducaciĂłn, Universidad de Granada, Granada, 18071, Spain

    Carmen Batanero

  2. Dept. Counseling,, Educational Psychology &, Michigan State University, Erickson Hall 240, East Lansing, 48824, Michigan, USA

    Gail Burrill

  3. SiMERR National Centre, University of New England, Armidale, 2350, New South Wales, Australia

    Chris Reading

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Parsian, A., Rejali, A. (2011). An Experience on Training Mathematics Teachers for Teaching Statistics in Iran. In: Batanero, C., Burrill, G., Reading, C. (eds) Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics-Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education. New ICMI Study Series, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1131-0_7

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