Professional Development: Preparing Teachers To Present Techniques of Exploratory Data Analysis.

Browning, Christine A.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ500142

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Professional Development: Preparing Teachers To Present Techniques of Exploratory Data Analysis.

Browning, Christine A.; And Others

Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, v1 n2 p166-72 Sep-Oct 1994

Describes exploratory data analysis activities using packages of M&M candies and graphing results using object graphs, picture graphs, symbolic graphs, circle graphs, relative-frequency bar graphs, and stacked bar graphs. Also discusses pooling data and assessing reasonableness of results. (MKR)

Descriptors: Data Analysis, Graphs, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools, Statistics, Teacher Education

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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