Revealing the Power of Data Visualizations in Social Studies Through Slow Reveal Graphs
Use slow reveal graphs to engage students and help them analyze, create, and make sense of data.
Posts by Megan Murphy
Mar 23
Mar 23
Investigation of a Claim Using Technology
In this lesson, students build their own sampling distribution of sample proportions from the data-collection process and use the information to answer the question of whether the manufacturer’s claim is supported or not by the evidence collected.
Mar 23
Investigation of Categorical Data from a Survey
In this investigation, students will develop a statistical question based on the survey questions, discuss options to collect survey data, examine the data collection plan used by the high-school students, and summarize the results of categorical data using proportions and percentages.
Jul 5
Focus on Statistics: Now Available for Free Download
Written by veteran teachers, this book includes 19 investigations to help you implement key statistical concepts in your classroom.
Mar 20
Posters: April 1; Projects: June 1
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.
Apr 3
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 27
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.
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
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.
