Teacher attitude on statistics: a case study using the EAPE tool
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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X40527Keywords:
Statistics, Teaching, Attitude, EAPEAbstract
Teachers' attitudes influence both in and outside the classroom through their expectations of students as well as their behavior. The purpose of this article is to know the attitudes of professors of the Statistics Department of a University of south of Brazil, using the Statistical Teachers Attitude Scale (EAPE) and its updated version, the EAPE15. This research is classified as descriptive and exploratory. EAPE and EAPE15 were used in a case study where the data were analyzed through descriptive and correlation analysis. Finally, the study showed that teachers have favorable attitudes towards teaching statistics involving all domains of analysis of the EAPE and EAPE15.
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