Teaching Seventh Grade Statistics and Probability

Book excerpt: "The Common Core State Standards have provided schools with a new set of required objectives. Specifically in the area of statistics and probability, seventh grade math teachers have new objectives they are required to teach, but they do not necessarily have the required knowledge or curriculum to meet the standards. The Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statictics Education (GAISE) Report and Introduction to Statistical Investigations were used as resources and revised for the seventh grade level. Results of observations and written assessments indicated the inference-based approach effectively taught the students the required standards."--p.vi.