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A Full EFFL Lesson in One Class Period
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What is Margin of Error?
Why do we include a margin of error when calculating a confidence interval? This post includes a new lesson for introducing margin of error.
Strategies for Attacking Multiple Choice Questions
Multiple choice questions make up half of the AP Statistics Exam. Here we discuss three strategies your students must know for MCQ success.
To Get Students Thinking and Talking, We Must Get Teachers Thinking and Talking
AP Stats all-star Joshua Sawyer believes that getting students thinking and talking requires us to get teachers thinking and talking.
How I am using the Math Medic AP Stats Review Course
By Josh Tabor Like everyone else, I am constantly tweaking the way I teach AP Statistics, including how I manage the crucial time before…
Why Teach Using the Experience First, Formalize Later Model?
In our previous post, we explained how we implement the Experience First, Formalize Later model. In this post, we explore the “why.”
How to Design an Experience First, Formalize Later Lesson
We’ve explained the Experience First, Formalize Later lesson design and its benefits. Now, we’ll discuss the design ideas.
Why Isn’t Bias Accounted for by the Margin of Error?
When teaching confidence intervals, we talk about how bias is not accounted for by the margin of error. Â Seems easy enough to me, so when…
The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution
When is it appropriate to use a Normal distribution to approximate a binomial distribution? We use the green Skittles activity to discuss.