COHERENCE BETWEEN THE MOST USED TEXTBOOKS IN COLOMBIA AND THE PROJECT-BASED TEACHING-LEARNING APPROACH TO STATISTICS

Abstract

his article addresses the new trends in the teaching and learning of statistics, as well as the implicit content in the Basic Standards of Competencies in Mathematics (EBCM), present in the units of random thinking and data systems of the Mathematics Textbooks (LTM) most used in Colombia. The publishers under study are: Santillana, SM, Libros y Libros, Norma and Educar Editores. The objective is to carry out a didactic study about the coherence between the approach and the activities proposed by the LTM of secondary education most used in Colombia, with what is proposed by the Colombian guidelines, the new approaches and educational trends around the teaching and understanding of statistics. The study implements the mixed research approach, applying the text analysis technique. The results indicate that the content addressed by the most commonly used 10th and 11th grade LTMs in Colombia and their respective activities are articulated with the parameters of the Colombian educational system required by the Ministry of National Education (MEN) through the EBCM and the Mathematics Curricular Guidelines (LCM), despite some gaps detailed in the conclusions. In addition, it is concluded that within the proposed activities there is little or almost no implementation of strategies consistent with the new approaches and trends in the teaching and understanding of statistics.