Choosing Random Samples
...he large set of interest) and a sample (a subset of that population). Sample Assessment A survey given to some of the people at the mall on Friday night indicated that shopping hours at the mall should be extended. What is the population for this sample? Answer: People who were shopping at the ma...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/choosing-random-samples
Median and Interquartile Range
...tion for understanding interquartile ranges. What to look for Students should note that there are the same number of points to the left and to the right of the median; regardless of the shape of the distribution. Sample Assessment Identify the following as true or false. a. The median is the midp...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/median-and-interquartile-range
Publisher Connection | Texas Instruments
...ty Bedford, Freeman & Worth Brendan Kelly Publishing CORD Communications Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Hoonuit Professional Learning IB Manning Publications ...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/publisher-connections
Expressions & Equations
... and b=45, what would be the value of the expression b+(a - b)? a 115 b. 185 c. 205 d. 275 Answer: a. 115 Understanding A variable might stand for a range of numbers that can be used in a mathematical expression; a variable might be used in a universal statement that is true for a...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions
What is a Variable?
... and b=45, what would be the value of the expression b+(a - b)? a 115 b. 185 c. 205 d. 275 Answer: a. 115 Understanding A variable might stand for a range of numbers that can be used in a mathematical expression; a variable might be used in a universal statement that is true for a...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/what-is-a-variable
Building Concepts Fraction Practice | Texas Instruments
...t to look for Students should recognize that, as with whole numbers, when ordering fractions the larger of two fractions is located farther to the right on the number line. Sample Assessment Write a comparison statement to order the fractions from least to greatest. (25/12), (13/12), (9/10), (13/...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/fractions
Fractions and Unit Squares - Texas Instruments
...ly specify the unit of a fraction in order for it to be interpreted or used with any meaning. What to look for Some of the wording in the problems might need to be adjusted slightly depending on the background of the students. The language of tiling is one possible instance—a region is tiled by a...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/fractions/sequence-1/fractions-and-unit-squares
Fraction Multiplication
...t Students can think about the finding the product of two fractions as finding the area; where each multiplier represents the base or the height of a rectangle. What to look for Be sure students understand that the whole number 2 would be represented by shading two of the unit squares and...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/fractions/sequence-1/fraction-multiplication
Learning Gains from Teaching with Graphing Calculators
...performance measures, and achieve a higher level of problem solving skills. Reference: (Ellington 2003) SRI International Students who have been taught effectively with graphing calculators: Use graphs Engage in problem solving Are more flexible in choosing solution strategies, maki...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/research/research_highqualityteaching
Research on TI-Navigator™ System
...hers: -developed new and supported existing formative assessment practices using screen capture & presenter providing teachers with additional insight to enable them to provide thoughtful interventions during the lesson; promoting purposeful classroom discourse to enrich the teacher’s awarenes...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/research/research_navigator
Making Music With Code | Assignments | Texas Instruments
...-columns:3rem 160px;justify-content:center;justify-items:center}.custom-icon-link a.cta-arrows{padding-top:.4rem}.custom-icon-link img{width:40px;height:40px}.custom-icon-link a.cta-arrows.custom-center-links{text-align:left}.custom-icon-link.quick{display:grid;grid-template-columns:3rem 100px}.c...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/stem/projects/making-music-with-code/assignments
Making Music With Code | Borrow | Texas Instruments
...-columns:3rem 160px;justify-content:center;justify-items:center}.custom-icon-link a.cta-arrows{padding-top:.4rem}.custom-icon-link img{width:40px;height:40px}.custom-icon-link a.cta-arrows.custom-center-links{text-align:left}.custom-icon-link.quick{display:grid;grid-template-columns:3rem 100px}.c...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/stem/projects/making-music-with-code/borrow
BC
...ulator. Watch Video Rain barrel: A cylindrical barrel collects rainwater, with questions relating the rates of the water height and volume, and a separable differential equation to solve explicitly for the height as a function of time t. Go to resource library 393716 A...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/ap-calculus/series-and-improper-integrals
Python coding: Do While Loops | Texas Instruments
...What is each part of this statement doing? Again, take a minute to explain this to yourself first before you read the following discussion. On the right side of the equal sign, the int(input()) command is prompting the user for input and then converting this input into an integer because numeric ...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/computer-science-foundations/do-while-loops
High-School-State-Test
...idth:3em}}.Rtable{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;margin:0;padding:0;font-size:11px}.Rtable-cell{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:.8em;padding-right:0;list-style:none;background-color:#f7f7f7;text-align:center}.Rtable-row:nth-of-type(even) .Rtable-cell{background-color:#efefef}.Rtable-header ...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/test-preparation-tools/high-school-state-test-map
Python coding activities: Programming With Lists | Texas Instruments
...7. Tech tip: List commands can be found in Menu > Built-Ins > Lists. Let’s look at one more command before we move into a programming space. What might this command return: len(mylist) ? Let’s test it out and see. It returns a 4. What does the len() command do? It returns the dimension or leng...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/computer-science-foundations/programming-with-lists
Python coding activities: Counters, Accumulators and Comparing Loop Types | Texas Instruments
...ams are designed to model a For loop, a While loop and a Do While loop respectively. What similarities do you notice across these programs? We might notice that each program uses a formal parameter of n and a local loop variable of i. Each loop includes the same action within it of print(i,i2...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/computer-science-foundations/counters-accumulators-comparing-loop-types
AB
...ulator. Watch Video Rain barrel: A cylindrical barrel collects rainwater, with questions relating the rates of the water height and volume, and a separable differential equation to solve explicitly for the height as a function of time t. Go to resource library 393716 A...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/ap-calculus/taylor-polynomials-power-series
Ratios & Proportions
...s graphed in a coordinate plane. What is the teacher doing? Emphasize the connection of the ordered pairs along a line as “for every 2 over to the right, go up 3” when moving from point to point, using an additive strategy. Moving horizontally first then vertically supports thinking about the hor...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/ratios
Dividing a Fraction by a Fraction
...ectives Students understand how to identify and interpret problems involving division of fractions, in particular that division of a by b can be thought of a’s the number of b’s contained in a. They use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that a division problem can be...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/fractions/sequence-1/dividing-a-fraction-by-a-fraction
Solving Equations
...quation of the form \(ax+b = cx+d\) and interpret the solution in terms of the equation or context as well as recognize when one solution strategy might be more efficient than another Vocabulary linear equation solution identity In this lesson students draw upon tools learned in p...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/solving-equations
Texas Instruments Guidelines for Research
...search code of ethics of the American Educational Research Association Assurance of data privacy is controlled by the U.S. Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the European Directive on the protection of personal data and countries' data privacy regulations, and the regulat...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/research/research-ethics
Visualizing Systems of Linear Equations
...les under different constraints can be developed in the context of mobiles. What are the students doing? Students reason about the values of weights on mobiles and use balance to model solution preserving moves algebraically. What is the teacher doing? Encourage students to use the way t...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/visualizing-systems-of-linear-equations
Mixed Numbers
... An improper fraction can be converted to the sum of a whole number and a fraction less than one. Converting a mixed number to a fraction can be thought of as fraction addition. What to look for Lead students in a discussion about the relationship between the numerator and the denominator in an i...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/fractions/sequence-1/mixed-numbers
Equations and Operations
...o find a solution. What to look for Be sure students explicitly state what x represents in in the previous two questions. One example of confusion might be in the question above where x could represent the number of brownies Steve got or the total number of brownies his team made. Sample Assessme...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/expressions/sequence1/equations-and-operations