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Posts tagged ‘GAISE’

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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GAISE II Now Available; Download for Free

The Pre-K–12 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.

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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.

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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.

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Announcements: Winter

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

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Developing Authentic Assessments

Developing authentic formative and summative assessments is challenging, so this column will focus assessment from overarching frameworks to suggestions for lesson-specific assessments.

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K–12 Teachers Get Free Trial Memberships

This special offer is tailored to K–12 educators so they can enhance their students’ statistical education. Get information about upcoming events and services, subscriptions to Amstat News and Significance, online access to journals, and more!

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