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

Sarah Stecher


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


SRS, Stratified, Cluster and Now...Systematic by Taylor Swift
Do we need to teach systematic random sampling? According to the new College Board CED, the answer is YES! Check out our new lesson.

Math Medic


Anthony Marble Goes "ALL IN" with Math Medic
What happens when AP Stats teacher Anthony Marble decides to go ALL IN with Stats Medic. Check out the incredible results.

Math Medic


How to Use a Math Medic Answer Key
Math Medic answer keys are not just for solutions and correct answers. They are meant to be the official guide to teaching the lesson.

Luke Wilcox


My Favorite Question
A blog post from former AP Statistics Chief Reader Allan Rossman from his blog Ask Good Questions.

Math Medic


Unit 2: Exploring Two-Variable Data
The new College Board Course and Exam Description requires AP Stats teachers to make some changes in the way they teach two-variable data.

Math Medic


How Do We Assign Homework?
We explain some of our philosophy around homework, with links to several resources you can use to create your homework assignments.

Sarah Stecher


How to Design an Experience First, Formalize Later Lesson
We've explained the Experience First, Formalize Later lesson design and its benefits. Now, we'll discuss the design ideas.

Lindsey Gallas


What the Heck is a Mosaic Plot?
Well...it's related to a segmented bar graph, but much better.

Math Medic


Why Teach Using the Experience First, Formalize Later Model?
In our previous post, we explained how we implement the Experience First, Formalize Later model. In this post, we explore the "why."

Luke Wilcox


Here we go!
It’s go time! Calc Medic is officially up and running. We’re so excited you’re coming along for the ride! Let’s start with the basics....

Sarah Stecher
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