Individual Curricula: Teachers’ Beliefs Concerning Stochastic Instructions

Andreas Eichler

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This report focuses on in-service teachers’ planning of stochastic education. The theoretical and methodological settings of the research will be outlined in-depth. The methodological settings will be illustrated by research results concerning one teacher. A further main focus is to present some results concerning the planning of stochastic education conducted by 13 teachers.

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Teachers' Individual Stochastics Curricula
Teachers' Beliefs
Secondary High School

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INT ELECT J MATH ED, Volume 2, Issue 3, October 2007, 208-226

https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/184

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Eichler, Andreas "Individual Curricula: Teachers’ Beliefs Concerning Stochastic Instructions". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 2, no. 3, 2007, pp. 208-226. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/184