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What is Normal Body Temperature?
In this lesson, students will use a significance test to decide if 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is actually the true normal body temperature.

Math Medic
Mar 8, 2020


Build deeper understanding of lines through contexts
Spark students' intuitive understanding of slope and linear relationships through contextual questions.

Lindsey Gallas
Mar 1, 2020


Redesigning Geometry Class for SAT Success
The redesigned SAT test has less Geometry and more Statistics than the previous SAT. As a result, this school changed their Geometry class.

Math Medic
Feb 22, 2020


Lesson Plans for CED Unit 7: Inference for Means
AP Statistics lesson plans that align to Unit 7 of the College Board Course and Exam Description (CED), covering inference for means.

Math Medic
Feb 15, 2020


Big Changes in the Rubric for Significance Tests
The rubric for grading the significance test on the 2019 AP Statistics Exam has some big changes from how these were graded in the past.

Math Medic
Feb 5, 2020


A Full EFFL Lesson in One Class Period
Are you having trouble getting through a full lesson in one class period? Here are some tips to make you more efficient.

Luke Wilcox
Feb 1, 2020


Using Questions to Help Students Construct Understanding
How will my students do the EFFL activity if I haven't taught them yet? The key is in the questions you ask and how you ask them.

Lindsey Gallas
Jan 20, 2020


Lesson Plans for CED Unit 6: Inference for Proportions
AP Statistics lesson plans that align to Unit 6 of the College Board Course and Exam Description (CED), covering inference for proportions.

Math Medic
Jan 19, 2020


What Does This Dot Represent?
In this blog post, we reveal the ultimate solution to helping students understand inference - a simple question that the teacher can ask.

Math Medic
Jan 11, 2020


Lesson Plans for CED Unit 5: Sampling Distributions
AP Statistics lesson plans that align to Unit 5 of the College Board Course and Exam Description (CED), covering sampling distributions.

Math Medic
Jan 5, 2020


Using Question Structures to Write Assessments
Write your own higher-level thinking questions with intentionality and efficiency.

Sarah Stecher
Jan 1, 2020


AP Statistics Lesson Plans -- Aligning to the CED
Check out our plan for teaching the second semester of AP Stats in the order suggested by the College Board Course and Exam Description.

Math Medic
Dec 20, 2019


Mix Up Your Verbs
Assess deeper understanding by varying your verbs. This blog post covers three categories of verbs and how to write questions for each level

Sarah Stecher
Dec 20, 2019


Experience First, Formalize Later (EFFL) for the Pythagorean Theorem
In these lessons, students will discover the Pythagorean Theorem through the Experience First, Formalize Later (EFFL) teaching philosophy.

Math Medic
Dec 6, 2019


Setting the Stage for a Successful New School Year
A collection of our favorite tasks, resources, and activities to start the school year off right!

Sarah Stecher
Dec 1, 2019


Lesson Plans for Teaching Binomial Distributions
In this post, we reveal how binomial distributions are a path to inference, and then give you four lessons you can use to teach it well.

Math Medic
Nov 24, 2019


Yo Math Medic. Where Are All Your Guided Notes?
In this post, we outline exactly how we give students the formal learning that is needed for later success on the AP Exam.

Math Medic
Nov 2, 2019


How to Balance Concepts and Procedures in an EFFL Classroom
Let's take a deeper look at how we can use homework and assessments to assess conceptual understanding and build procedural fluency.

Sarah Stecher
Nov 1, 2019


Experience First, Formalize Later in AP Calculus
“Experience First, Formalize Later” (EFFL) means that students are working collaboratively to think, to discuss, and to construct their...

Sarah Stecher
Oct 27, 2019


Can You Taco Tongue and Evil Eyebrow? Two Lessons for Teaching Probability
Help students to understand two-way tables, Venn diagrams, the General Addition formula, conditional probability, and independence.

Math Medic
Oct 26, 2019
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