…practice Learning in science class is more than learning about content. It is also learning what it means to build knowledge through science practices, both learning about and participating in…
…identifying key ingredients and their optimal ratios, refining the processes of combination, and anticipating ideal conditions. In the field of K-12 data science education, everyone’s still hard at work in…
…data table. What do you think is going on? Figure 1. Monthly accumulated precipitation (inches) in Boston for the last century. 3 Investigate Do a web search to check the…
…teacher, this was to ensure “it’s displayed in a way that I find kid-friendly for the kids in my classroom.” Teachers in both networks focused on the initial challenge section…
…deeper. In particular, it means recognizing that almost nothing in life involves only one topic in isolation. And while we recognize that approaches that combine disciplines don’t fit easily into…
Ask Hollylynne Lee and Gemma Mojica, the co-directors of the Hub for Research and Innovation in Statistics Education at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University, about…
…such representations are inadequate if students want to know about how to aggregate the average income and education at the state or county level. A new project is exploring how…
Importance It is increasingly vital that people make sense of scientific data and extract information from public datasets in order to inform their decisions about everything from ballot initiatives on…
…severity of the impacts that the hazard may have. For example, a 500-year flood may be less likely to happen, but if it did it would result in catastrophic loss…
…Researcher on the National Science Foundation-funded project “Data Science Learning Experiences for Middle School-aged Girls in Informal Gaming Clubs”! If you’re interested in informal and game-based learning research, and excited…