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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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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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Editors’ Note: Spring 2023

Statistics Teacher editors Jessica Cohen, Catherine Case, and Charlotte Bolch provide an overview of the articles in this issue.

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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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Editor’s Note: Spring 2022

Statistics Teacher editors Jessica Cohen and Charlotte Bolch provide an overview of the articles in this issue.

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Using Photographs as Data Sources to Tell Stories About Our Favorite Outdoor Spaces

Three lesson plans that use photos as data sources show it is possible to take an idea and develop it to best suit the interests of your students and you.

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K–12 Statistics Teacher Meet-Ups

ASA offers free K–12 teacher meet-ups (via Zoom) to share resources and discuss K–12 statistics topics. Topics have included the AP Statistics exam and statistics reading, assessment, applets, software resources, and lesson plans.

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How Long Are the Words in the Gettysburg Address?

In this lesson, each student tries two methods for selecting a sample from the population of words in the Gettysburg Address: self-selection and simple random sampling.

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Catherine Case Takes STEW’s Reins

The ASA-NCTM Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability is excited to announce Catherine Case as the new editor for STEW.

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Lesson Plan: Can You Roll Your Tongue?

This investigation focuses on students examining an association between two categorical variables for grades 6 and 8.

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