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This clearly written, well-developed experimental method approach can be used to showcase the practical application of statistics to middle school students. I have often thought that middle ... See More

This clearly written, well-developed experimental method approach can be used to showcase the practical application of statistics to middle school students. I have often thought that middle school math students struggled so much because they were not shown any applications of mathematical theory.The author has used a simplified statistical method for the treatment of experimental data providing a sound basis for more in-depth application in high school and college.I would like to see more research in the area of statistical application methods for this age group.

Going Beyond Mean, Median & Mode in Middle School

This article hones in on the use of mean, median, and mode (measures of central tendency) by middle school students as they conduct experiments. The article also discusses the statistical f... See More

This article hones in on the use of mean, median, and mode (measures of central tendency) by middle school students as they conduct experiments. The article also discusses the statistical feature of representing variability of data. The author shows how she uses the graphed results from measures of central tendency to examine variability of data without having to determine more complicated statistical measures of deviation. The author’s examples are easy to follow and provide a developmentally appropriate ways to go beyond the mean, median, and mode when analyzing experimental results.