Focus on Statistics: Investigations for the Integration of Statistics into Grades 9–12 Mathematics Classrooms
Written by veteran teachers, this book includes 19 investigations to help you implement key statistical concepts in your classroom.
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Mar 27
Mar 26
Teaching Statistics with Yummy Math
Although numerous online resources for teaching exist, few emphasize mathematical proficiency through the strand of productive disposition. Yummy Math incorporates current events and real data in teaching statistics. In addition, Yummy Math makes use of multiple representations that enable students to see the contextual nature of mathematics.
Mar 25
COVID-19: A Teachable Moment
At a time when nothing good can be said about COVID-19, Sara Brown, Patrick Hopfensperger, and Henry Kranendonk—authors of Focus on Statistics: Investigations for the Integration of Statistics into Grades 9–12 Mathematics Classrooms—have made available for free an investigation that can at least help students understand how the virus spreads.
Mar 25
Announcements: Spring
A roundup of statistics and education-related information and opportunities
Mar 25
How You Feline?
The American Statistical Association (ASA) hosted a booth at the annual American School Counselor's Association conference in Los Angeles July 14-17, 2018, and ASA representatives generated booth traffic by pointing to a feline faces chart and asking, "How are you feline?" Booth visitors who responded to this question were asked about how they remembered feeling during their statistics college classes.
Mar 25
Teaching Module: People Count! (And Their Data Stories)
In this module, students will develop, analyze, and redesign population projection models using past and present population totals by age groups to estimate future population estimates of various countries.
Mar 25
Using RStudio Cloud in the Classroom
Lucy D'Agostino McGowan and Shannon Ellis recently presented a virtual workshop for introductory statistics instructors (high school or college) that focused on using RStudio Cloud in the classroom.
