By Emily Thrasher, Hollylynne Lee, Bruce Graham, Matthew Grossman, Gemma Mojica, NC State University This paper explores a comprehensive framework to develop students’ data literacy by guiding them in making sense of complex data visualizations. With the growing complexity and prevalence of data visualizations in media, it’s crucial to equip students with the skills to … [Read more...] about Making Sense of Data Visualizations: A Toolkit for Supporting Student Discussions
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ASA/NCTM Joint Committee Members Share Favorite Resources
By Amy Hogan, Susan A. Peters, and Hollylynne Lee Against All Odds: Inside Statistics Against All Odds is a 32-module set of short videos from Annenberg Learner that introduce statistics. They are meant to show statistics in various applications and in a relevant context. The website has links for a glossary, student guides, teacher guides, and interactive tools. Narrator … [Read more...] about ASA/NCTM Joint Committee Members Share Favorite Resources
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 is comprised of four appointed members from the ASA and four from NCTM. In addition, the committee includes staff and board liaisons from both NCTM and the … [Read more...] about Get to Know the ASA-NCTM Joint Committee
Editors’ Note: Summer 2024
We are excited to share our first issue of Statistics Teacher as co-editors! It has been a great experience getting to know authors, reviewers, and others at the ASA who work with Statistics Teacher. In this issue, we share one article, one lesson plan, and two highlights from the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on K–12 Education on Statistics and Probability. In “Data Science … [Read more...] about Editors’ Note: Summer 2024
Announcements: Fall 2023
Submit Lesson Plans, Articles, and Announcements to Statistics Teacher Consider submitting your K–12 statistics lesson plans for publication or writing and sharing an article. We also accept announcement submissions. For more information, see the ST submission guidelines or contact the ST editors. Upcoming Deadlines Modeling the Future ChallengeRegistration deadline … [Read more...] about Announcements: Fall 2023
Editor’s Note: Fall 2023
Jessica Cohen, a professor at Western Washington University and Statistics Teacher article editor for the past six years, ends her tenure with this issue. In her place, Trena Wilkerson of Baylor University and Jennifer Green of Michigan State University will come aboard as co-editors starting with the winter issue. Trena is past president of the National Council of Teachers … [Read more...] about Editor’s Note: Fall 2023