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Mulligan, Joanne – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2015
Recent research has shown that young children are capable of engaging in data modeling and making informed judgments, an aspect of the mathematics curriculum not previously considered integral to early numeracy. In an Australian study, a sample of 21 highly able Grade 1 students was engaged in a series of investigations where they developed their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Numeracy, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students
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Tappin, Linda – Mathematics Teacher, 1994
Presents an activity to analyze the data from the Challenger explosion to help students understand the critical role of statistics in decision making and the importance of considering all available data. (MKR)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Decision Making, Exponents (Mathematics)
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Stevens, Jill – Mathematics Teacher, 1993
Presents activities in which students develop and analyze scatterplots on graphing calculators to model corn growth, decay, a box of maximum volume, and weather prediction. Provides reproducible worksheets. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Functions (Mathematics)