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NCTM Defines Key Issues in Mathematics Education with New Position Statements

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) addresses critical topics in math education through recent position statements on culture, data science, AI in teaching, and bridging research with practice.

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ASA/NCTM Joint Committee Members Share Favorite Resources

Discover resources for teaching statistics and data science: Against All Odds, Census at School, and InSTEP.

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Get to Know the ASA-NCTM Joint Committee

Did you know the American Statistical Association and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics jointly sponsor a committee to help promote the importance of statistics education at the K-12 level? The committee helps support and oversee a number of items related to statistics education.

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A Guided Lesson on Fake News for Improving Statistical Literacy

The goal of the GAISE: Pre-K–12 Report is statistical literacy for all. But statistical literacy is not achievable unless students understand why they personally need to learn statistics. Fake news and the COVID-19 pandemic are two subjects that are relevant and concrete for students.

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Join a K–12 Statistics Teacher Meetup

The free meetups (via Zoom) offer teachers a chance to share resources and discuss K–12 statistics topics, including the AP Statistics exam and statistics reading, assessment, applets, software resources, and lesson plans.

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ASA Announces Statistics Poster, Project Competition Winners

First-place winners received $300, a certificate, and grade-appropriate graphing calculators provided by Texas Instruments. Second-place winners received $200 and a certificate, third-place winners received $100 and a certificate, and honorable mentions received certificates.

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Census Bureau Offers Classroom Resources

Statistics in Schools has a large offering of materials for K–12 students—from standards-based activities to five-minute challenges to fun facts handouts. These resources can help you prepare for the remainder of the year while encouraging statistical literacy with real-life data.

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Exploring the Sampling Distribution of the Sample Proportion with a Study of Fingerprint Types in the US

In this lesson, students will draw simple random samples; calculate sample proportions; construct histograms; and compare sampling distributions' shape, mean, and variability.

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Joint ASA-NCTM Position Statement on Preparing PK–12 Teachers of Statistics and Data Science

A Joint Position Statement of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

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Digging into Data: Illustrating a Data Investigation Process

Hollylynne S. Lee, Gemma F. Mojica, and Emily Thrasher propose a data investigation process involving six phases to give students in K–12 a richer experience with data investigations across disciplines. While engaging in the process may be linear, it is often nonlinear and dynamic in nature.

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