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In this chapter, the status and content of statistics in South African primary and secondary school curricula are discussed. In the post-1994 school mathematics curriculum, the scope of statistics, or data handling and probability, has been broadened to promote statistical thinking through all phases of the statistical process. Because of a lack of content knowledge and knowledge of how learners develop and understand statistical concepts, however, teachers are not yet fully prepared to implement the intended curriculum. An external assessment at the end of grade 12 influences to a great extent teaching approaches and how content is covered.
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Wessels, H. (2011). Statistics in the South African School Curriculum. 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_4
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