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Sep 25

Editors’ Note: Fall 2025

The editors share four articles, three lesson plans, and two resources from the ASA-NCTM Joint Committee on K-12 Education in Statistics and Probability.

Dec 9

Encouraging Equitable Participation in Ethical Data Science Discussions

Jordan T. Register of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte examines the instructional strategies and pedagogical moves designed to foster equitable engagement in an ethical data science course.

Dec 8

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.

Jul 15

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.

Jul 15

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.

Jul 15

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.

Jul 15

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.

Nov 13

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.”

Mar 23