Grant Writing Resources
...rategies for writing successful government and foundation grants and includes project management and internet use. Purchase at http://www.corwinpress.com/book.aspx?pid=5263 The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing 4th ed. Geever, Jane C. United States of America, 2004 Provides informati...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/links-to-other-grant-writing-resources
GEAR UP Grant Partnerships
...nts successfully works with current and potential GEAR UP grant recipients across the country to provide the foundation for GEAR UP success through a combination of math, science and STEM technology, professional development and resources. Contact us for assistance for assistance as you plan and ...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/funding_gearup
Successful Grant Writing Strategies
... should look to frame it as part of a larger need with a vision and outcomes beyond technology purchase and integration. An example of such a project would be to revamp 7th and 8th grade mathematics curriculum to increase the percentage of students who successfully pass algebra 1. As part of that...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/successful-grant-writing-strategies
Probability Diagrams and Tables
...same time. 408114 Probability Diagrams and Tables Planning and Resources Objectives Students distinguish between an experiment in which the outcomes are equally likely and one in which the outcomes are not equally likely. They organize a list of all possible outcomes and find the probabili...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/probability-diagrams-and-tables
Probability and Simulation
... 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 specified number of repetitions versus chance ev...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/probability-and-simulation
Outliers
...lyze data sets. 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 quarti...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/outliers
Introduction to Histograms
... Histograms are particularly useful for very large data sets where a dot plot would be difficult to manage. What are the students doing? Students compare different bin widths for the same data and explore the effect of adding data points to a histogram. What is the teacher doing? Help student...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/introduction-to-histograms
Sample Proportions
...mulated sampling distributions, be sure the sample size is the same unless the file has been set to proportions rather than counts. Sample Assessment Would you rather go to a small hospital where a sample of 10 operations showed that 8 of them were successful or to a large hospital where on avera...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/sample-proportions
Scatter Plots
...red observations. What to look for Students can highlight the locations of subgroups of the population within the scatter plot to understand how they compare with regard to one or both of the variables in a scatter plot. Sample Assessment A scatter plot of paired measurement variables can often b...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/scatter-plots
Transforming Data
...t or when each element is multiplied by a non-zero constant. 409873 Transforming Data Planning and Resources Objectives Students recognize how common data transformations affect measures of center and spread. Vocabulary transformation distribution mean median interquartile range (IQR) mea...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/transforming-data
What is a Variable?
...es Students should understand that a variable can take on any one of a range of values. They recognize an algebraic expression as one involving some combination of variables, numbers and mathematical operations. Vocabulary expression variable constant In this lesson students evaluat...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/what-is-a-variable
Adding Ratios
...ge that ratios represent the relationship between two (or more) related quantities; and that, since the values in a ratio are quantities, they can be combined to form a new ratio. 393710 Adding Ratios Planning and Resources Objectives Students should recognize that adding equivalent ratios r...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/ratios/sequence1/adding-ratios
Equations of the Form ax+by = c
... identify unique solutions to a linear equation of the form \(ax+by = c\) Vocabulary linear equation variables constraint solution intercepts linear combinations In this lesson students investigate linear equations of the form \(ax+by = c\). Students use coordinate grids to explor...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/equations-of-the-form-ax-plus-by-equals-c
References by Texas Instruments - US and Canada
...esearch on math and science education, visit the global TI Research Library. AEL, T. I. f. t. A. o. R. i. E. a. (2004). Review of the research: Nine components of effective professional development. Charleston, WV, AEL. Aldon, G., M. Artigue, et al. (2008). New technological environment, new res...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/research/research_bibliography
Python coding: Do While Loops | Texas Instruments
... Do While Loops This activity extends the “Teaching Foundations of Computer Science With Python on TI-Nspire™ Technology” workshop to study additional topics from computer science with the support of the TI-Nspire™...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/computer-science-foundations/do-while-loops
Python coding activities: Programming With Lists | Texas Instruments
... ProgrammingWith Lists This activity extends the “Teaching Foundations of Computer Science With Python on TI-Nspire™ Technology” workshop to study additional topics from computer science with the support of the TI-Nspire™...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/computer-science-foundations/programming-with-lists
Extending Exponents
... students doing? Students recognize patterns that emerge from generating equivalent expressions involving integer exponents and generalize rules for working with exponents. What is the teacher doing? Encourage students to explore equivalent ways of writing numerical expressions involving i...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/extending-exponents
Building a Table of Ratios
... recognize that the rows (or columns) of a ratio table are some (positive rational) multiple of each other. This will be important when they begin to compare ratios. What to look for Have students explain their strategies for solving problems involving equivalent ratios. Sample Assessment If Sara...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/ratios/sequence1/building-a-table-of-ratios
Solving Equations
...2=2x-3\) d. \(3x-4= 2x+7\) Answer: d. \(3x-4=2x+7\) Understanding Solving linear equations with rational number coefficients can combine a variety of methods. What are the students doing? Students solve equations by a variety of solution strategies and compare solution ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/solving-equations
Building Expressions
... ZIP PDF DOC TNS Lesson Snapshot Two expressions are equivalent if they have the same value for every possible replacement for the variable or variables. What to look for Some state...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/building-expressions
Texas Instruments Guidelines for Research
...copyright ownership or funding source. TI practices transparency in reporting research. All final research reports funded by TI, regardless of outcome, are made public. Researchers are encouraged to submit their work to peer-reviewed journals and research conferences. All research com...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/research/research-ethics
What's a Solution to a System of Equations?
...le to describe the solution in terms of the graphs of the two equations, and identify characteristics of equations that will lead to each possible outcome. Vocabulary system of linear equations in two variables intersection slope parallel lines solution to a system of two linear equations ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/what-is-a-solution-to-a-system-of-equations
Solving Systems of Equations Algebraically
...tickets and total number of child tickets that she buys? Answer: 10 adult tickets and 4 child tickets. 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 ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/solving-systems-of-equations-algebraically
research-notes
... Should graphing calculators be allowed on important tests? Broadly speaking, unless a test's goal is to measure mental arithmetic and related simple computational skills, including graphing calculators on tests does no harm. Further, including graphing calculators may increase the validity of th...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/research/research-notes
Standards
...ation. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader® Learn More National Science Teachers Association The NAEP mathematics assessment is based upon a framework of curricular priorities for mathematics. Learn More National Center for Education Statistics' National Assessment of Educational Progress ...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/standards