Attitudes towards Probability and its Teaching in prospective mathematics teachers from Chile and Spain

Resumo

Promote a positive attitude among teachers is a shared challenge for the teaching of statistics and probability today. In this context, we present the analysis of attitudes towards probability and its teaching in a sample of 126 prospective mathematics teachers from Chile and Spain. Following a quantitative methodology, results are organized in two parts, the first focused on the psychometric characteristics of the Scale and the second on specific attitudes of analysed sample. It is concluded that participants declare a positive attitude towards probability content and its teaching. Thus, Attitudes’ Scale towards Probability and its Teaching is reinforced as an instrument with good characteristics to explore attitudinal aspects in these professionals.