Stats&DataNet: Teachers Preparing Students for the Data Revolution
Stats&DataNet is a year-long professional learning effort organized by the Joint Committee of the American Statistical Association and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Posts tagged ‘GAISE’
May 14
May 2
Spring 2025 Announcements
A roundup of statistics and education-related information, deadlines, and opportunities.
Jul 15
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.
Nov 13
A Guided Lesson on Fake News for Improving Statistical Literacy
The goal of the GAISE: Pre-Kâ12 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.
Mar 23
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.
Oct 21
New Book, Statistics and Data Science for Teachers, Available for Free Download
The book presents statistical ideas through investigations and engagement with the statistical problem-solving process.
Oct 21
Thinking Like a Data Scientist: A Cross-Disciplinary Investigation on Climate Change
Anna Gralnik posed the following investigative question to her 5th grade class: What are typical climate challenges that affect our community? Keep reading to find out how they answered.
Dec 1
GAISE II Now Available; Download for Free
The Pre-Kâ12 Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education II (GAISE II): A Framework for Statistics and Data Science Education includes a number of updates. It is available for free download now and will be available for purchase on Amazon soon.
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.
Jan 2
Re-Envisioning the Mathematics Teaching Practices as the Statistics Teaching Practices
Natasha Gerstenschlager re-envisions the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' mathematics teaching practices (MTPs) as statistics teaching practices (STPs) and highlights the differences and similarities between them.
