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The Statistics Modules are designed to develop deep understanding of both statistics and teaching statistics. Users of the materials will focus on study design, exploratory data analysis, inference, and quantitative and categorical association as they develop this understanding. Attention is given to developing an understanding of equitable teaching practices and equity issues in education. Opportunities to develop understanding of both content knowledge and content knowledge for teaching occur through a balance of tasks that explore: a) the statistical concepts themselves AND b) common student conceptions, responding to student work, constructing lessons that use key ideas, and analyzing standards, and c) considering how to use statistics to empower action for social change.

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As the advisor to the distinguished development team of the MODULE(S2) statistics materials, I was impressed and grateful for the dedication shown by the team with their vision, commitment to detail and precision of the content, and for the outstanding support provided to the users of the MODULE(S2) materials. I strongly recommend and encourage the use of the MODULE(S2) statistics materials as valued, peer reviewed resources for preparing secondary mathematics teachers.

Christine Franklin, American Statistical Association K-12 Ambassador and UGA Emerita Faculty in Statistics

I learned how to understand other people’s statistical explanations and help them build on their thinking. This was really helpful as I can apply these communication skills to my other classes and to my future teaching.

Preservice Teacher

My students really were motivated by the social justice slant to these problems. It increased their level of engagement and discussion.  Because they were interested in the social justice aspect of the problems, they were more interested in the mathematics that would help them with the problem.

MODULE(s2) Instructor

Webinars

Podcast Episodes

The Mathematics Teacher Educator Journal Podcast. Episode 46

Title: Developing Equity Literacy and Critical Statistical Literacy in Secondary Mathematics Preservice Teachers

Guests: Stephanie Casey and Andrew Ross

About this Episode
There is a lack of teacher education materials that develop equity literacy in content courses for preservice secondary mathematics teachers. In response, we created teacher education curriculum materials for introductory statistics that include an integrated focus on developing equity literacy and critical statistical literacy. In this article, we provide an overview of our materials’ design along with a detailed look at one activity regarding racial demographics and tracking in high school STEM courses. We present evidence regarding the positive impact of these materials on the teacher candidates’ competency, value, and likelihood of applying their equity literacy and critical statistical literacy. Implications for mathematics teacher educators working to develop equity literacy together with content knowledge are discussed.

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The Mathematics Teacher Educator Journal Podcast. Episode 50

Title: Engaging Teachers in the Combination of Statistical Investigation and Social Justice: Fairness in School Funding

Guests: Stephanie Casey and Liza Bondurant

About this Episode
This Perspectives on Practice manuscript focuses on an innovation associated with “Engaging Teachers in the Powerful Combination of Mathematical Modeling and Social Justice: The Flint Water Task” from Volume 7, Issue 2 of MTE. We built on Aguirre et al.’s (2019) integration of mathematical modeling and social justice issues in mathematics teacher education to similarly integrate statistical investigations with social justice issues.

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