DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ STOCHASTIC COMPETENCE

Abstract

The article presents one of the ways to eliminate the difficulty of learning the section “Probability theory and statistics” in secondary school. The aim of the article is to reveal the development of future mathematics teachers’ stochastic competence with the help of optional subjects in higher school. The objectives are: 1) to get acquainted with the list of compulsory subjects, basic bachelors education program for directions of “Pedagogical Education”, “Mathematics”; 2) to develop an optional subject promoting stochastic competence development in future mathematics teachers; 3) to result the received conclusions. Theoretical methods of research as examining, analysis of specialized literature, textbooks of school mathematics, empirical methods as monitoring, conversation and tests are used. Problems and possibilities of the development of future mathematics teachers’ stochastic competence are identified based on the study of specialized literature. The content, introduction of an optional subject “Study on Stochastic Probability Line of School Mathematics Course” and the textbook used in teaching this discipline are described. The following conclusion is drawn: the given optional subject promotes the process of developing future mathematics teachers’ stochastic competence.