The focus will be on designing, implementing and using objects. Areas covered will be function and operator overloading, templates and inheritance. 4 Participants will explore units designed to teach simple statistics techniques through the quantitative literacy approach. The workshop will feature gathering and analysis of real data of interest to the participants, ways to implement the NCTM and PA standards in statistics and probability, and designing age-appropriate activities for classroom use.
Admission is selective and includes tuition waiver and room and board for non-local participants.
23 - 28 Workshop will be held at the Manheim High School. Participants will explore units designed to teach simple statistics techniques through the quantitative literacy approach. The workshop will feature gathering and analysis of real data of interest to the participants, ways to implement the NCTM and PA standards in statistics and probability, and designing age-appropriate activities for classroom use. Workshop will be offered at Edinboro University. Participants will explore ways to integrate statistics and probability into the teaching of algebra, geometry, and pre-algebra.