Overview

This book offers an accessible introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics tailored to the teaching and research needs of K-8 educators. By focusing on statistics to tell a story, veteran teacher educator Robert Rosenfeld pushes readers away from simply performing a calculation to truly understanding the statistical concepts themselves. The first half of the book focuses on those topics K-8 teachers may be expected to teach, but are not always very comfortable with themselves. The later material turns more to an understanding the statistics in published research and on interpreting school data. Features of this must-read resource include: Numerous exercises and activities throughout are related specifically to the world of educators and designed to foster conversation and small group discussion. Connections drawn between statistics and the regular mathematics curriculum aid teachers who do classroom based action research. A section covering the basic concepts of standardized tests, such as summative versus formative assessment, and standards based versus norm-referenced tests. Accessibly written and conversational and tone, Statistics for K-8 Educators provides the technical foundation, statistical awareness, and competence to help teachers make good sense of quantitative information connected to their classrooms and to their schools.

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Author:   Robert Rosenfeld (Vermont Math Initiative, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9780415899895

ISBN 10:   0415899893
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   26 July 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Shapes of Distributions 2. Percentages 3. Averages 4. Splitting a Distribution of Numbers into Equal Parts 5. Measuring Variability 6. Placement of Individuals in a Group 7. The Normal Curve 8. Correlation 9. Probability 10. Inference and Margin of Error 11. Confidence Intervals 12. Statistical Significance 13. Assessment 14. Design of Studies 15. Hypothesis Tests 16. Regression

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Robert Rosenfeld, Co-Director for Statistics and School-Based Research Vermont Mathematics Initiative, University of Vermont and Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Statistics at Nassau Community College

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