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Jones, Joshua David – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2022
To be literate in a society where the information shared online is often exploited, learners should be exposed to multiple aspects of contemporary predictive modeling. This article explores an activity in which grade 10 students learned how a famous AI algorithm (the Apriori algorithm) uses conditional probability to automate the process of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Grade 10, High School Students
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Liza Bondurant; Stephanie Somersille – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2024
This article describes an activity and resource from The New York Times that can be used to help learners cultivate critical statistical literacy. Critical statistical literacy involves understanding, interpreting, and questioning statistical information to make informed decisions (Casey et al., 2023; Franklin et al., 2015; Weiland, 2017). It is a…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Teaching Methods, Newspapers, Decision Making
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Boaler, Jo; LaMar, Tanya; Williams, Cathy – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
Over the course of 18 months, teams at the University of Chicago and Stanford University joined with other leaders across the United States and world to consider the issue of the types of mathematics used in the classroom. It quickly became clear that all students--starting from the youngest in prekindergarten to those in college--need to learn…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
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Bargagliotti, Anna; Arnold, Pip; Franklin, Chris – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
In this article, the authors introduce the "Pre-K-12 Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education II (GAISE II): A Framework for Statistics and Data Science Education" report. This report, which was published by the American Statistical Association (ASA) and endorsed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
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Sullivan, Patrick – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2022
Probabilistic reasoning underpins much of middle school students' future work in data analysis and inferential statistics. Unfortunately for many middle school students, probabilistic reasoning is not intuitive. One specific area in which students seem to struggle is determining the probability of compound events (Moritz and Watson 2000). Research…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Thinking Skills, Middle School Students, Data Analysis
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Jung, Hyunyi; Wickstrom, Megan H.; Piasecki, Chris – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
Have you ever noticed trash collecting in streams or waterways? How does trash influence our environment, and what can be done to enact change? These are questions middle school students explored as the authors launched the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) task. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch activity involves an urgent environmental issue that…
Descriptors: Wastes, Environmental Education, Middle School Students, Group Discussion