Teachers: The ASA Offers Publications Just for You

The American Statistical Association is dedicated to enhancing statistics education at all levels, including by providing publications for K–12 teachers and teacher educators. The following are books the ASA offers as free PDFs:

Focus on Statistics: Investigations for the Integration of Statistics into Grades 9–12 Mathematics Classroom consists of 19 investigations to help classroom teachers implement key statistical concepts in their classrooms. Each investigation has an overview, learning goals, mathematical practice through a statistical lens, materials, instructional plans, and ideas for extensions.

Bridging the Gap Between Common Core State Standards and Teaching Statistics includes 20 data analysis and probability investigations for teachers to use in their K–8 classrooms. Each investigation is based on the four-step statistical process as defined in the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) Report: A Pre-K–12 Curriculum Framework.

The Making Sense of Statistical Studies (MSSS) student module consists of 15 hands-on investigations that help students design and analyze statistical studies. It is written for an upper middle school or high school audience having some background in exploratory data analysis and basic probability. The teacher’s module includes supporting resources to help teachers use MSSS, as well as all the pages from the student module.

Visit the Statistics Teacher website for these and other resources.