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Editors’ Note: Fall

Starting later this year, the Statistics Teacher team will welcome Tim Jacobbe as the new ST lesson plan editor and Jessica Cohen as the new ST article editor. The new co-editors will work with Christine Franklin, the ASA’s K-12 Statistics Education Ambassador, who will continue as managing editor.

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Making Sense of Statistical Studies Modules Available Free Online

The Making Sense of Statistical Studies modules are now free to download.

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ASA 2017 Poster and Project Winners Announced

The ASA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 poster and project competitions. Winners were recognized with plaques, cash prizes, certificates, calculators, and publication of their names in Amstat News.

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Lesson Plan: Which Hand Rules?

Published in August of 2017, this lesson has students engage in dropping and catching a yardstick to investigate whether there is significant evidence that people are faster with their dominant hand than their nondominant hand.

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U.S. Census at School Reaches More Than 50,000 Students

The ASA’s U.S. Census at School program is a free, statistical problem solving classroom project for grades 4–12.

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LOCUS Provides a Rich Repository of Assessments of Statistical Understanding

In this column, we want to highlight an incredible resource developed as part of a project led by Tim Jacobbe, associate professor and mathematics education coordinator, for the University of Florida College of Education. LOCUS, Levels of Conceptual Understanding in Statistics, is an NSF-funded project that provides a rich repository of assessments of statistical understanding.

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Announcements: Fall

A roundup of statistics and education-related information and opportunities.

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What Is Power?

Power is an important concept to understand as a consumer of research, no matter what field or profession a student may enter as an adult. Hence, discussion of power should be included in an introductory course.

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Lesson Plan: How Fast Are You?

In this lesson, published in August 2017, each student collects 20 reaction-time data values using an online tool for testing reaction times to a visual stimulus. Students display and analyze data via a free online tool, Tuva.

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7 Prime Technology Ideas to Begin the New School Year

As you plan how you will get your students working together and how you will assess their learning, we want to share some of our favorite technology ideas in this month's Technology column.

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