Grant Writing
...rtor GEAR UP is a federally-funded program designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. What is a GEAR UP Grant? Writing a winning proposal is the key component to obtain funding in support of a speci...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/grantwriting
Grant Writing Resources
...ave an abundance of good information on writing strong proposals. You will notice overlap in some information, which means that certain points are very important. TechLearning - Technology Funding: A How-To Guide. A basic overview of technology funding that is available and a great place to ge...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/links-to-other-grant-writing-resources
GEAR UP Grant Partnerships
...I Provides Creating a foundation for success Texas Instruments 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...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/funding_gearup
Successful Grant Writing Strategies
...e to accountability and achievement requirements or reduced because of funding shortfalls. In response, government and foundation grant programs are trying to assist schools, districts and community agencies in developing initiatives that increase educational opportunities for young people. At th...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/successful-grant-writing-strategies
Visualizing Equations Using Mobiles
...obile with moves that preserve equivalence of two expressions and determine solutions that can be converted to the form ax = b and x + a = c. Vocabulary expression equation variable solution identity In this lesson students explore interactive mobiles for modeling one or more equatio...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/visualizing-equations-using-mobiles
Probability Diagrams and Tables
...mes are not equally likely. They organize a list of all possible outcomes and find the probability of a certain outcome for a compound event. Vocabulary probability compound events equally likely tree diagram In this lesson, students develop a process for determining the probability ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/probability-diagrams-and-tables
Probability and Simulation
... have a specified number of repetitions versus chance events in which the number of repetitions varies depending on the criteria for success. Vocabulary outcome probability simulation In this lesson, students use a simulation to collect data and estimate probabilities for a real situ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/probability-and-simulation
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 interquartile range In this lesson, students develop a working definition of outliers and use...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/outliers
Modeling Linear Relationships
...tween two quantitative variables with linear equations and assess the fit of the model using the sum of the absolute value of the deviations. Vocabulary association linear regression rate of change residual In this lesson, students investigate patterns of association in bivariate dat...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/modeling-linear-relationships
Introduction to Histograms
...nd 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 symmetric skewed In this l...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/introduction-to-histograms
Intro to Data
...ntify clusters, peaks, and gaps, and recognize common shapes in graphical representations of data (skewed, symmetric, uniform, mound shaped). Vocabulary distribution symmetric mound shaped uniform skewed range outlier The lesson helps students develop a sense of the distribution of da...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/introduction-to-data
Comparing Populations using Sample Statistics
...ze from those populations. They recognize that measures of center and spread are important in comparing means from two different populations. Vocabulary mean median interquartile range mean absolute deviation random sample In this lesson, students compare two populations based on sam...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/comparing-populations-using-sample-statistics
Choosing Random Samples
...tives Students will understand several strategies for selecting a random sample and recognize differences between a sample and a population. Vocabulary sample random sample population characteristic statistic In this lesson, students will explore different methods of generating rand...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/choosing-random-samples
Median and Interquartile Range
...range for a distribution of data. 397180 Median and Interquartile Range Planning and Resources Objectives Students should understand that summary measures of data identify certain key features of the distribution of the data, but do not necessarily give a complete picture of the distributi...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/median-and-interquartile-range
Mean as Fair Share
... the total equally, that is dividing the sum of the data values by the number of data values, which leads to the standard definition of mean. Vocabulary mean This lesson introduces students to mean as a way to describe the center of a set of data. Often called the average, the mean c...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/mean-as-fair-share
Mean as Balance Point
...n as the balance point of a distribution. They find and interpret deviations from the mean as a way to measure the spread of a distribution. Vocabulary mean deviation mean absolute deviation (MAD) In this lesson, students focus on how the mean can be described as the balance point f...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/mean-as-balance-point
Law of Large Numbers
...the law of large numbers). They can estimate the probabilities of possible outcomes by repeating the chance process a large number of times. Vocabulary distribution variability sample space outcome frequency relative frequency In this lesson, students investigate how the relative fr...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/law-of-large-numbers
Comparing Distributions
...dvantages of using different graphical representations to compare distributions of the same measurement collected from different populations. Vocabulary symmetric skewed mound shaped bimodal mean median outlier interquartile range (IQR) mean absolute deviation (MAD) In this lesson, ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/comparing-distributions
Box Plots
Box Plots website In this lesson, students will construct box plots from the five-number summary, helping them understand how data is represented and interpreted from a box plot. 397181 ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/box-plots
Sample Proportions
...stand that the sampling variability among samples is related to size of the samples; as the sample size increases, the variability decreases. Vocabulary random sample sampling variability sampling distributions of a statistic (the proportion) simulated sampling distributions In this ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/sample-proportions
Sample Means
Sample Means website In this lesson, students use simulation to explore how sample means (and medians) vary from sample to sample when repeated samples are taken from the same population....https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/sample-means
Scatter Plots
...lot and identify possible associations among variables. Students identify and interpret clusters, gaps, and unusual points in a scatter plot. Vocabulary scatter plot association response variable In this lesson, students will investigate scatter plots of paired variables. Students pr...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/scatter-plots
Two Way Tables and Categorical Data
...gorical data using two-way tables and stacked bar graphs. They also determine conditional probabilities given information in a two-way table. Vocabulary two-way table categorical data relative frequency conditional probability In this lesson, students will use two-way tables to inves...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
Tables and Measures of Center and Spread
...d in a frequency table. 409956 Tables and Measures of Center and Spread Planning and Resources Objectives Students identify and interpret summary measures of center and spread using data presented in frequency tables. Vocabulary frequency table mean median interquartile range mean absolute...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/tables-and-measures-of-center-and-spread