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Tag Archives: Data and Statistics
Understanding Proportional Relationships with the Proximity Data Game
In the Fall as Middle School and Algebra 1 teachers look for activities to develop students’ understandings of proportional relationships, they may turn to measuring scale diagrams or using springs. One of KCP Technologies’ new online Data Games called Proximity … Continue reading
Edtech Tools are NOT Just for Students
I wanted to share a couple experiences I had in the last two weeks that have reminded me that even adults can benefit from dynamic mathematics software that we typically only associate with students learning math. My experiences relate to … Continue reading
Pass the Candy! Sweetening the Study of Probability
As part of our guest blog series, we bring you another post from Kathryn Shafer. A former middle school and high school math teacher, Kathy is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Ball State University, … Continue reading
Monopoly Math
Scan the headlines and you’ll see a stream of stories about educational technology: 1 to 1 iPads, teacher blogs, the flipped classroom… the electronic beat goes on. I’m not pining for the silky feel of chalk on my fingertips, but … Continue reading
Cross-Curricular Teaching of Data and Probability
We here at Key really love our TinkerPlots software. And we’re always talking about the power of using it cross-curricularly—using data to enhance understanding of, say, science or social science topics, as well as using these contexts to motivate the … Continue reading
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Tagged Data and Statistics, Dynamic Data, Modeling, Problem Solving, TinkerPlots
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Differentiating with Dynamic Mathematics Software
I was at the Conference for Advancing Mathematics Teaching (CAMT) in Houston, TX last week. I was there to present on Friday, but also there to attend some sessions, go to the exhibits, and see my friend Lisa Hall who … Continue reading
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Tagged Data and Statistics, Dynamic Data, Pedagogy, Teacher Collaboration, TinkerPlots, Videos
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What’s the Appropriate Role for the Teacher when using Computer Games?
I had the privilege this year of participating in the CADRE Fellows program of NSF’s Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education, and met a number of colleagues in the program whose projects, like our Data Games project, are exploring the classroom … Continue reading
Data Visualization in the Age of HTML5
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My partner and I spend a fair amount of time talking about data visualization. He’s a computer programmer who works on websites that gather and display large amounts of data related to energy production and consumption. This data can be … Continue reading
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Tagged Data and Statistics, Dynamic Data, Modeling, TinkerPlots
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Lessons from the News
There’s nothing like reading the local paper over breakfast to start your day off with a grimace. Take this headline from Wednesday’s San Francisco Chronicle: “State’s college tuition rising fastest in nation.” Just what California parents need, more stress! The … Continue reading
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Preparing Tomorrow’s Data Scientists Through Data Games
According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, “Big Data’s Problem: Little Talent,” the technology industry faces a major dearth of employees with strong data analysis skills. The article quotes a 2011 study by McKinsey: A significant constraint on realizing … Continue reading
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