PERSPEKTIVE ZA RAZVOJ STATISTIČKE PISMENOSTI U POČETNOJ NASTAVI MATEMATIKE

The paper deals with aspects of contemporary mathematical ed- ucation related to development of statistical literacy. The achievements of fourth grade students from Serbia to TIMSS 2015 in displaying data are analyzed. The achievements of students are discussed in relation to the cognitive domain of mathematical tasks and types of graphic display. Preschool experience allows ear- ly intuitive encounter with tabular and other visual data presentation. The data display domain is not defined in Serbian primary grade curriculum; therefore, relatively high student achievements is due to informal acquisition of knowledge in this field. A comparative analysis of contents in the field of data presentation in curricula of other countries is presented. In the second part, the current text- books in Serbia are analyzed. A sample of 8 textbooks for the fourth grade of elementary school was analyzed to determine the presence of data presentation tasks. The paper gives a short overview of the research studies conducted in this field in Serbia. The aim of the paper is to encourage introducing this content in primary school mathematics curriculum.