Scott Chamberlin

Statistics for Kids

Model Eliciting Activities to Investigate Concepts in Statistics (Grades 4-6)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Students will explore statistical concepts including trends, spread of data, standard deviation, variability, correlation, sampling, and more¿all of which are designed around topics of interest to students. Grades 4-6

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 279mm x 218mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 369g
• ISBN-13: 9781618210227
• ISBN-10: 161821022X
• Artikelnr.: 36700241

Autorenporträt

Scott Chamberlin is an associate professor in Elementary and Early Childhood Education at the University of Wyoming. His content area is mathematics education with a special interest in statistics. His research interests pertain to affect (i.e., feelings, emotions, and dispositions) and creativity during mathematical problem-solving episodes. Scott has a strong interest in mathematical modeling and feels that model-eliciting activities have particular utility with students of advanced intellectual and academic abilities. At the University of Wyoming, Scott teaches mathematics education courses to undergraduate and graduate students and prepares pre-service K-6 teachers to enter the elementary classroom. Scott earned his Ph.D. from Purdue University under the direction of Sidney Moon and his master's degree from the University of Utah under the direction of Don Kauchak.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1 Trends: The 10,000 Meters Problem Chapter 2 Spread
of Data: The Salesperson Problem Chapter 3 Measures of Central Tendency:
The Taxicab Problem Chapter 4 Variability: The Zoo Problem Chapter 5
Correlation: The Stock Market Problem Chapter 6 Covariation: The Health
Problem Chapter 7 Statistical Sampling: The Dachshund Problem Appendix A
Additional Information Appendix B The 10,000 Meters Problem, Solution 3
Glossary References About the Author Common Core State Standards Alignment