Creating Authentic Meaning for Inferential Statistics in a High School Setting

Abstract

Creating authentic learning experiences for students to apply statistical concepts in areas that interests them aligns with best practices in the teaching. This four-lesson curriculum project is thus designed for a high school statistics class to support learning of the limited New York State Next Generation Learning Statistics Standards. It can also use statistics standards from other states that offer a full high school statistics class. The project culminates in students performing statistical analysis on real world data they generated from a topic that interests them. Teacher guides and materials for instruction are included with the keys available in the appendix.