Teaching Statistics Through Data Investigations Online Professional Development Course

Our world is rich with data sources, and technology makes data more accessible than ever before! To help ensure students are future ready to use data for making informed decisions, many countries around the world have increased the emphasis on statistics and data analysis in school curriculum–from elementary/primary grades through college. This professional development course allows participants to learn, along with colleagues from other schools, an investigation cycle to teach statistics and to help students explore data to make evidence-based claims.

Who Should Take This Course?

The Teaching Statistics Through Data Investigations course is applicable to anyone interested in strengthening their approaches to teaching statistics through data investigations. The statistical content and strategies are appropriate for implementation with middle school through early college learners. Thus, teachers of statistics in grades 6–12 and in post-secondary contexts are the primary audience. This course may also be of interest to elementary teachers, teacher educators, and teachers of other disciplines that use data-based explorations extensively to make claims and inferences (e.g., science, social science). There is no cost for participating in the Teaching Statistics Through Data Investigations course.

Course Objectives

Strengthen your understanding of how to engage students in a statistical investigation process;
Explore a framework for guiding your teaching of statistical investigations to promote deeper data explorations for your students;
Use rich data sources and dynamic graphing tools to support investigations of questions that are of interest to you and your students;
Examine the ways students reason with data to make evidence-based claims;
Personalize applications of statistical investigations to your students;
Collaborate with colleagues near and far to gain different perspectives on data investigations and to build a library of teaching resources.

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