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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Profiling teachers' competence and confidence to teach particular mathematics topics: the case of chance and data</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Watson, Jane M.</span> (2001) <xhtml:em>Profiling teachers' competence and confidence to teach particular mathematics topics: the case of chance and data.</xhtml:em> Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 4 (4). pp. 305-337. ISSN 1386-4416</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2019/2/WatsonJMTE2001.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2019/2/WatsonJMTE2001.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />193Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="2542" name="docid" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1013383110860">http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1013383110860</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">This report presents an instrument designed as a profile of teacher
achievement and teacher needs with respect to the probability and statistics strands in
the mathematics curriculum. In developing the profiling instrument, I had two primary
objectives. First, the instrument was to assist in the assessment of teacher achievement in
the context of the adoption of professional standards for mathematics teachers. Second,
the instrument was to assess professional development needs for teachers in the light
of changes to the mathematics curriculum. The background for the development of the
instrument is presented, followed by a description of the instrument and the results of
responses to the instrument from 43 Australian teachers. Uses for the instrument and
further development possibilities are discussed.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/330399.html">330000 Education > 330300 Professional Development of Teachers > 330399 Professional Development of Teachers not elsewhere classified</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2019</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Mrs Anita Cubit</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">04 Oct 2007 14:46</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2019;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2019">item control page</a></p>
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