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Leonard, Jacqueline – Middle School Journal (J3), 2010
Teachers can use census data to teach important mathematics content while addressing issues of social justice. The author describes activities that teach students to read and write large numbers, interpret census data and statistics, and apply algebraic concepts to describe U.S. population growth. Additional learning outcomes include applying…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Population Growth, Census Figures, Statistical Data
McClain, Kay – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This paper provides an analysis of a teacher development experiment (cf. Simon, 2000) designed to support teachers' understandings of statistical data analysis. The experiment was conducted as part of collaborative efforts between the author and a cohort of middle-school mathematics teachers during the 2000-2001 academic year. Analysis of the…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Data Analysis, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction