Exploratory study of attitudes toward statistics in Mexican high school students.

Authors

  • Jesús Salinas Herrera National Autonomous University of Mexico image/svg+xml
  • Silvia Azucena Mayén Galicia National Polytechnic Institute image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35763/aiem.v0i10.130

Keywords:

Attitudes, statistics, EAEE scale, high school students

Abstract

In recent times the importance of affective aspects in the teaching and learning of statistics has been acknowledged. This exploratory study aims to analyse the attitudes towards statistics of Mexican high school students for which statistics is an elective topic. To achieve this goal, we have applied the Scale of Attitudes Toward Statistics EAEE to 277 students from CCH-UNAM. The students accept the importance and usefulness of Statistics in their field of study and daily life; the women are those who
prefer to study statistics. The lack of previous statistical studies is being considered as an element that determines a favourable attitude.

Author Biographies

  • Jesús Salinas Herrera, National Autonomous University of Mexico

    Dr. en Ciencias, especialidad Matemática Educativa (Cinvestav)

    Profesor Titular del Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades de la UNAM

  • Silvia Azucena Mayén Galicia, National Polytechnic Institute

    Dra. en Didáctica de la Estadística (Universidad de Granada).

    Profesora de Educación Media Superior. Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnologicos No. 6, del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (México)

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Published

2016-11-05

Issue

No. 10 (2016)

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How to Cite

Exploratory study of attitudes toward statistics in Mexican high school students. (2016). Advances of Research in Mathematics Education, 10, 73-90. https://doi.org/10.35763/aiem.v0i10.130