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Peer reviewedSpangler, David B. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1999
Presents an activity in which students use mathematical thinking and applications to analyze Major League Baseball home run data. (ASK)
Descriptors: Baseball, Data Processing, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Activities
Peer reviewedMorita, June G. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1999
Presents a hands-on activity in which students use the tools to derive the basic procedure used by wildlife biologists worldwide for estimating the sizes of wildlife populations. Helps students gain the feelings of power and ownership of a statistical method that they derive themselves. (ASK)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Processing, Estimation (Mathematics), Mathematical Applications
Peer reviewedBright, George W. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1989
Illustrates how teachers or students can use spreadsheets. Shows the layouts, formulas, and data of two cases: budget manager and data manager. Seven references are listed. (YP)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Data Processing, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedWright, Marie A. – Mathematics Teacher, 1993
Cryptography is the science that renders data unintelligible to prevent its unauthorized disclosure or modification. Presents an application of matrices used in linear transformations to illustrate a cryptographic system. An example is provided. (17 references) (MDH)
Descriptors: Coding, Cryptography, Data Processing, Enrichment Activities
