Data Interrogations for Critical Statistical Literacy
The ability to read, write, and evaluate statistical arguments are crucial to the development of statistical literacy. Here are some tools for facilitating that development.
Posts from the ‘6-8’ Category
Nov 12
Nov 12
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.
Nov 12
The Mean and Variability from the Mean
In this lesson from Christine Franklin, Gary Kader, Tim Jacobbe, and Kaycie Maddox, students investigate how to interpret the mean using fair share value and the balance point of a distribution.
Nov 12
2021 ASA Student Competitions
The American Statistical Association is dedicated to and involved in enhancing statistics education at all levels, including providing competitions for K-12 and undergraduate students.
Sep 19
Building Understanding of Randomness from Ideas About Variation and Expectation
Random is the kind of word with different meanings in different contexts. Students are likely to use “random” as an adjective describing anything unexpected and surprising, but these usages are not mathematical. They do, however, provide an opportunity for teachers to discuss the differences between language used inside and outside of mathematics.
Jan 4
2019 Data Visualization Poster Competition and Project Competition (New Rubric & Rules)
Introduce your K–12 students to statistics through the annual poster and project competitions directed by the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability.
Jan 2
A Technology Twist on a Classic Statistics Lesson
In the lesson, “Alphabet Statistics,” described by Marilyn Burns in her 1987 book, A Collection of Math Lessons (from grades 3 through 6), students explore letter-of-the-alphabet frequency of usage in print material. Over the years, Shelly Sheats Harkness used an adaptation of this lesson several times with middle-school students, high-school students, and preservice teachers. She shares it here with a technology twist.
Jan 2
Lesson Plan: Who Has the Longest First Name?
This investigation is based on one found in the Appendix for Level A in Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE): A Pre-K–12 Curriculum Framework and is aimed at sixth graders.
Jan 2
Lesson Plan: Can You Roll Your Tongue?
This investigation focuses on students examining an association between two categorical variables for grades 6 and 8.
Mar 15
ASA and New York Times Partner to Create ‘What’s Going On in This Graph?’
What’s Going On in This Graph?, a new monthly activity from the ASA and The New York Times Learning Network, will help teachers and students explore the quantitative aspects of reporting.
