CODAP is free educational software for data analysis. This web-based data science tool is designed as a platform for developers and as an application for students in grades 6-14.
…to develop automated scoring models for students’ argumentation texts and to explore emerging patterns between students’ simulation interactions and argumentation scores. Lee, H.-S., Gweon, G.-H., Lord, T., Paessel, N., Pallant,…
…learning platform that supports data science education for years. With a background in statistics and data science education, 2022 Tinker Fellow Heather Barker spent time this summer in our California…
…delighted to announce two Tinker Fellows in 2022. Heather Barker will create data exploration activities for students from middle grades through introductory statistics college courses that include datasets around social…
…he works. For over fifteen years, he’s been helping students and educators find and use their own technology superpowers. We are delighted to announce that Callahan is our 2021 Tinker…
…subsided. Between May 1 and 13, 2021, he worked alongside local scientists from the Seismic Research Centre of the University of West Indies to collect tephra fall samples, map the…
…al., 2021) is to situate learning around phenomena that prioritizes students’ communities and cultures, their local environment, and daily experience. While this can be a powerful way to engage students…
…lives and those of their communities. Halfway around the world, 20 students in Durham, North Carolina, also investigated data in an afterschool program in the spring of 2021. Data, they…
…school leaders from Maryland and Georgia expressed interest in participating in the workshop, which took place in the fall of 2021. Twelve teachers were selected to be part of the…
…countries. As these waves were sent out, tephra began falling down on the nearby island of Tonga. Figure 1. The tephra cloud from the January 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption captured…
…in our Wildfire Module Field Test during the 2021-2022 school year. Participating teachers will receive a stipend. Learn more and apply! The Wildfire Module includes five 45-minute activities: Activity 1:…