Everyone, including teachers, is prone to randomness misconceptions. In this article, we investigate the perceptions of randomness held by New Zealand secondary school teachers. The responses to a question asked in an online, anonymous questionnaire sent to New Zealand teachers will be explored. One question asked participants to create a sequence of 20 heads and tails such that it mimics a truly random process. From this, the number of heads, the longest run, and the number of runs in each sequence will be considered. Further, the mean for each of these sequence characteristics will then be compared to the findings from a previous study with Spanish pre‐service teachers. Overall, we recommend further research into the misconceptions relating to generation problems, including an exploration of professional development opportunities.

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新西兰教师世代问题的误解

包括教师在内的每个人都容易出现随机性误解。在本文中，我们调查了新西兰中学教师对随机性的看法。将探索发送给新西兰教师的在线匿名问卷中对问题的回答。一个问题要求参与者创建一个由20个头和尾组成的序列，从而模仿一个真正随机的过程。由此，将考虑正面的数量，最长的行程以及每个序列中的行程数量。此外，每个序列特征的均值将与西班牙职前教师先前研究的结果进行比较。总体而言，我们建议对与发电问题有关的误解进行进一步研究，包括探索职业发展机会。