Ask students why the percentages are a little off from 68-95-99.7
Lots and lots of tools (WELES site elements). Included is a quadratic equation solver and a polynomial root finder. Great tools for students (or teachers) to check work. (Number 16)
Ask students why the percentages are a little off from 68-95-99.7
Data from the US Census Bureau that students can access. This is numbers (WELES site elements). Lots of great data that would allow students to look up information about different states. (Number 19)
Another current events site (WELES organized sites). I like to incorporate news topics into math class as much as possible so that students see that our topics do have purpose in the world. (Number 18)
Current event from WELES organized Sites. CNN frequently has great articles involving statistics. (Number 12)
Wiki element from WELES network elements. This site has various articles on different math topics, some with minimal information. It may be interesting to assign students with the task of adding some sort of info. (Number 11)
This quest connects populations and regression equations. (Number 8)
Another aspect of Math Forum from Drexel is the ability of students to talk to one another. Students could be told to go here and try to answer one question and ask another. (Number 7)
A great applet that links probability and Venn diagrams. The students can manipulate the diagram themselves. A great tool for visualizing probability. (Number 6)
This Wikipedia entry describes the relationship between the Normal Model and "grading on a curve". I would like to use this with my Stats class after learning about the Normal Model. After students learn what that really means, they don't ask about grad
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Updated on Oct 23, 09
Created on Oct 23, 09
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