…be seen crush a 67,000 lb. oil tanker made of half-inch steel? Solving such questions requires thinking about the interrelated factors in a system: predators, prey, and various parts of…
…limit opportunity. We’ve begun a move toward Web-based applications, in no small part because of this phenomenon. It’s not clear that this will free us from difficulties in disseminating our…
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“There is a time, much greater in amount than commonly allowed, which should be devoted to free and unguided exploratory work (call it play if you wish; I call it…
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Critical questions about pre-college data science education at international statistics conference Blog Post
…seemed willing to delay some elements of traditional statistics, especially if the conceptual underpinnings were covered through a curriculum rich in data science. William Finzer, who developed the free web-based…
…the effectiveness of their interactions with the simulation in contributing to their learning outcomes as measured through a pre-test and post-test comparison. For this study, we focused on assessing the…
…deal with rich science content and process that match district curriculum standards. Contextualization: Questions should be anchored in the lives of learners and deal with important, real-world questions. Meaning: Questions…
…including what questions she considers investigable, the structure of her data collection, and what equipment she selects as appropriate to answer those questions. What’s critical to recognize is that refining…