Fall 2024 Announcements
A roundup of statistics and education-related information, deadlines, and opportunities.
Data Science in Secondary Grades: Exploring Our Communities Through Pictures
Pictures, sounds, and text are all considered data. How can these types of data be incorporated into the school curriculum to better prepare students for today’s societal needs? The authors introduced a data science investigation that uses pictures as data in their middle and high school classes to find out.
Screen Time and Notifications
Is screen time beneficial or harmful? In this lesson, students will learn how to collect data on the hours they spend on their smartphones and represent it visually. They will also explore a correlation analysis between the two quantitative variables of hours of screen time and number of notifications.
Announcements: Summer 2024
A roundup of statistics and education-related information, deadlines, and opportunities.
New NCTM Statement on Math, AI Relevant for Educators
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics recently released the position statement "Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics Teaching." The statement highlights potential benefits of AI-driven tools, including responding to students' thinking and interests in ways previous tools could not.
Data Science in Secondary Grades: Exploring Our Communities Through Pictures
Pictures, sounds, and text are all considered data. How can these types of data be incorporated into the school curriculum to better prepare students for today’s societal needs? The authors introduced a data science investigation that uses pictures as data in their middle and high school classes to find out.
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.
Editors’ Note: Summer 2024
Two new Statistics Teacher co-editors share one article, one lesson plan, and two highlights from the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on K–12 Education in Statistics and Probability.
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.
Do Rewards Boost Creativity?
This lesson allows students to explore whether intrinsic (self-motivation) or extrinsic (physical) rewards are a better motivator for best results on a creativity assessment. Student-generated data will be created through different classes completing a task of trying to write the most English words they can out of the phrase “Statistics is fun.”
