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Stand and Talk: A Strategy for Improving Statistical Communication

Struggling to get students to actually talk about statistics in your classroom? A stand and talk may be exactly what you need.

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The Rights of the Learner: Building Confidence and Equity in an EFFL Classroom

Karen Sleno shows us how to create an environment where taking risks is encouraged and where everyone’s voice has value.

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Statistics and Technology: From the Past to the Future

As technology continues to evolve, the question of what we should be teaching becomes increasingly important.

Matt McBurney

When Am I Ever Going To Use This? – Part 2

When students ask “When Am I Ever Going To Use This?”, instead of focusing only on the content, look at everyday skills the lesson teaches.

Math Medic

4 Lessons We Learned While Substitute Teaching

Lindsey and Sarah reflect on their experience substitute teaching.

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Does Geometry Have Room for Statistics?

Less than 1 in 4 students take a high school statistics class. How can we ensure that every high school students learns statistics?

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3 Review Tests = 1 AP Exam: An AP Exam Prep Strategy

After many years of reviewing for the AP Exam, AP Stats all-star teacher Jeff Eicher has figured out the best way to structure the review.

Sarah Stecher

Why We Should Embrace Inefficiency

When we talk with other teachers, the prevailing themes of our conversations are the desire to teach our students well–and by that we…

Sarah Stecher

5 Tips for Teaching Volume of Solids of Revolution

How to help students solve volume problems flexibly, fluently, and confidently.

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A Statistics Final for a Pandemic (or any other time)

Ho: A Final Exam should assess content understanding.
Ha: A Final Exam should assess content understanding and allow students to reflect.

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Strategies for Engaging Students in the Math Medic Review Course

Use the “Discussion” and “Notes” features in the Stats Medic AP Exam Review Course to get students interacting with you and other students.

Sarah Stecher

Reframing Mistakes in the Math Classroom

One of the greatest challenges of teaching (and what makes it so exhausting) is responding to student ideas in real time. Student contributions can be complex, nuanced, incomplete, incorrect, or…