Successful Grant Writing Strategies
...: http://www.fdncenter.org/ -This site catalogs foundation information. Access to the funding information on the site requires a subscription fee of approximately $20. US Department of Education Forecast of Funding: http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html - This site lists vi...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/successful-grant-writing-strategies
Visualizing Equations Using Mobiles
... PDF DOC TNS Lesson Snapshot Students understand how mapping a balanced mobile to an equation provides a foundation for reasoning about strategies for solving equations. What to look for Some stude...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/visualizing-equations-using-mobiles
Probability Diagrams and Tables
...y the other, creating a probability tree, or by using the product rule for independent events. What to look for Students should understand when it is appropriate to multiply the probabilities of individual outcomes in order to determine the probability of a compound event. Sample Assessment A nic...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/probability-diagrams-and-tables
Probability and Simulation
...in which the theoretical probabilities are not obvious. 406774 Probability and Simulation Planning and Resources Objectives Students choose an appropriate model to simulate a chance outcome. They recognize the difference between the underlying structures of chance events that have a specif...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/probability-and-simulation
Outliers
.... 409872 Outliers Planning and Resources Objectives Students learn to identify outliers in a set of data through both visual and computational approaches. They can describe the impact of outliers on measures of center and spread. Vocabulary outlier upper quartile lower quartile interquarti...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/outliers
Introduction to Histograms
...tograms are used to represent and analyze data. 409871 Introduction to Histograms Planning and Resources Objectives Students understand how to approximate and interpret summary measures for data represented in a histogram. Vocabulary histogram dot plot uniform bimodal mound-shaped symmetri...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/introduction-to-histograms
Intro to Data
... variability in the response. This helps to set the stage for this series of lessons. What to look for As students compare data, be sure they use the appropriate vocabulary to describe the distributions. Sample Assessment The times it took participants to complete a marathon are shown in the grap...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/introduction-to-data
Law of Large Numbers
Law of Large Numbers website In this lesson, students investigate how the relative frequency of an outcome approaches the actual probability of that outcome, as the number of repetitions ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/law-of-large-numbers
Box Plots
...They recognize that the sizes of the four intervals determined by the box plot reflect the spread of the data values and that each interval contains approximately 14 of the data. Vocabulary median upper quartile lower quartile minimum maximum interquartile range (IQR) box plot In th...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/box-plots
Sample Proportions
...eason for your answer. Response: The large one because a small sample can have a lot of variability and it did not say it was random. When something happens “On average” there will be some variability but the variability will be close to the 75%. Understanding A statistic computed from ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/sample-proportions
Sample Means
...e likely that a sample mean will be farther from the population mean. Answer: False b) The larger the sample size the more likely a sample mean will approximate the population mean. Answer: True c) All simulated distributions of sample means, no matter what sample size, will be mound shaped and...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/sample-means
STEMnauts
.... Start the countdown by requesting the teacher and student documents, then lift-off on a journey into learning. Use the free TI Connect™ CE software application to download and install contest programs on calculators. Use TI-SmartView™ Emulator Software for the TI-84 Plus graphing family to run ...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/stem/stem-behind-nasa/stemnauts
Two Way Tables and Categorical Data
...present relative frequencies, but they are presented as percentages between 0 and 100 rather than as decimal numbers between 0 and 1. b) Does there appear to be an association between age group and obesity risk? Answer: There does appear to be ans association. The older group has a much higher...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/two-way-tables
Transforming Data
Transforming Data website In this lesson, students investigate what happens to the summary measures for the distribution of a set of data when a constant is added to each data element or ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/transforming-data
Expressions & Equations
... formulas to solve problems. What is the teacher doing? You might want to point out that any letter could be used in the expressions; the files just happen to use x. The Big Idea In this lesson students focus on comparing expressions and establish a foundation for the definit...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions
Linear Inequalities in One Variable
... TNS Lesson Snapshot Students develop a sense of “order- and solution-preserving” moves that can be applied to inequalities and how these moves relate to the solution set for an inequality. What to look for Students will encounter the fact tha...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/linear-inequalities-in-one-variable
What is a Variable?
What is a Variable? website In this lesson students evaluate expressions, write expressions that correspond to given situations, and use expressions and formulas to solve problems. 398117...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/what-is-a-variable
Building Concepts Fraction Practice | Texas Instruments
...s lesson addresses improper fractions only in terms of describing fractions greater than 1. Converting improper fractions into mixed numbers does not appear until after students have become familiar with adding fractions. The Big Idea This lesson uses a dynamic geoboard to ex...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/fractions
Equations of the Form ax+by = c
...) b. (3, 0) c. (3, 2) d. (2, 3) e. (0, 3) Answer: b Understanding Develop linear combinations of two quantities and investigate what happens when a constraint is imposed on the linear combination ax+by for a given a and b. What are the students doing? Students explore a varie...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/equations-of-the-form-ax-plus-by-equals-c
What is an Equation?
What is an Equation? website In this lesson students investigate expressions and equations to develop what it means to have a solution to an equation. 398279 What is an Equation? Plannin...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/what-is-an-equation
Fractions as Division
... DOC TNS Lesson Snapshot The file illustrates two different approaches to thinking about this relationship between fractions and division. Be sure students can explain both methods. What to look for As stude...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/fractions/sequence-1/fractions-as-division
Pre-Calculus & Calculus Case Studies by Texas Instruments - US and Canada
... Impact of Graphing Calculator Ownership in Two Rural High Schools Teacher/Researcher: Kathy Gillespie, Motley County ISD, TX Nancy Trapp, Lyford CISD, TX Location: Title I schools in two small rural districts with about 80% economically disadvantaged students Course: Precalculu...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/research/research_casestudies_calculus
References by Texas Instruments - US and Canada
...tics Education 8(2): 99-114. Dick, T. and G. Burrill (2009). Tough to Teach/Tough to Learn: Research Basis, Framework, and Principles for a Practical Application of TI-Nspire Technology in the Math Nspired series. Dallas, TX, Texas Instruments, Inc. Dimock, V. and T. Sherron (2005). Final Report ...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/research/research_bibliography
Pre-service Case Studies by Texas Instruments - US and Canada
...se Studies TI-Nspire™ CAS Learning Handheld Helps Pre-service Math Teachers in Algebra and Calculus. Teacher/Researcher: Douglas A. Lapp Location: Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI Course: Problem-based Algebra & Calculus for Secondary Teachers Grade: Teacher ...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/research/research_casestudies_preservice
TI-Innovator™ Activities - Science Olympiad Detector Building | TI
... The Science Olympiad’s newest Div. C event, Detector Building, is now one of the 23 approved events for this year’s competition. This year’s competition has students building, testing and coding a working mass scale. Texas Instrume...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/stem/projects/detector-building-event