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A Semiotic Perspective on Learning Mathematics with Digital and Analogue Material: Primary School Children Acting on Statistical Diagrams
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Billion, Lara Kristina – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2023
This paper focuses on two third-grade students' work on the same statistical question whereby one acts with analogue material and the other with TinkerPlots™. The aim of the research was to find out whether different material influences the actions and, thus, possibly the mathematical interpretations of the learners. To investigate this research…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Statistics Education, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students
Introducing Grade 3 Students to Digital Data Exploration
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Frischemeier, Daniel – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2022
In this article, the author presents a short teaching sequence to show how to introduce young students in grades 3 (ages 8-9) and 4 (ages 9-10) to using digital tools for exploring larger and multivariate data sets. The teacher guided the young students from creating bar graphs in small data sets on embodied cognition and enactive levels to…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Data Analysis
Data Preparation and Analysis Primer
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Bonsu, Pam; Goertzen, Heidi; Howard-Brown, Beth; Kaase, Kris; LaTurner, Jason; Times, Chris – Southeast Comprehensive Center, 2016
The Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) at SEDL, an affiliate of American Institutes for Research (AIR), partnered with the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) in 2014 to assist in evaluating Alabama Plan 2020, mainly focusing on learners and the graduation rate. SECC provided professional development and analytic technical assistance…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Graduation Rate, Strategic Planning, Faculty Development
Developing Young Students' Informal Inference Skills in Data Analysis
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Paparistodemou, Efi; Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2008
This paper focuses on developing students' informal inference skills, reporting on how a group of third grade students formulated and evaluated data-based inferences using the dynamic statistics data-visualization environment TinkerPlots[TM] (Konold & Miller, 2005), software specifically designed to meet the learning needs of students in the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Data Analysis, Grade 3, Statistics
Instructional Practices That Promote Reading Proficiency for English Language Learners in Grades 3 and 5
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Smiley-Blanton, Regina – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires that all public school students, including English language learners, achieve proficiency in reading, math, and science by 2014 as measured on state assessments. English language learners enrolled in public schools for the first time receive a 1-year deferment from these state assessments in subjects…
Descriptors: Evidence, Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Grade 3
Licorice Production and Manufacturing: All-Sorts of Practical Applications for Statistics
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Watson, Jane; Skalicky, Jane; Fitzallen, Noleine; Wright, Suzie – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2009
Among the practical applications of statistics is the collection of data from manufacturing processes. Often collected in the form of a time series, data collected from a series of measurements show the variation in those measurements, such as mass of a product manufactured. Limits are set for quality control and if these are exceeded then a…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Quality Control, Manufacturing, Grade 3