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The statistical preparation and training of primary and secondary teachers in two Central American countries, Panama and Costa Rica, are described and compared. Teachers in both countries that graduate with a college degree have several courses in statistics, but the purpose of the courses is to prepare the prospective teachers to do a senior research project and not necessarily to teach the subject. Primary teachers that graduate from a Normal School in Panama have no preparation in statistics.
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Sorto, M.A. (2011). Statistical Training of Central American Teachers. 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_9
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