Announcements: Spring 2023
A roundup of statistics and education-related information, deadlines, and opportunities.
Posts tagged ‘6-8’
Mar 23
Mar 23
Exploring Whether a Difference Is a Meaningful Difference
This investigation focuses on students conducting a comparative experiment to explore whether there are meaningful differences between the number of times people can write their name with their dominant hand and the number of times people can write their name with their non-dominant hand.
Nov 12
A Sampling Activity to Anchor Big Statistical Ideas
The Sampling Bag Task showcases important statistical ideas, encourages conjecture and statistical argument, and illustrates the complexity and promise of seemingly simple tasks to generate productive discourse and expand understanding of statistical ideas.
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.
