Note: This webpage is mainly devoted to resources for primary school teachers. Go to priclass for resources mainly devoted to use in primary classrooms.

THIS PAGE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. THE FIRST PART DESCRIBES RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET FOR FREE. THE SECOND PART DESCRIBE OTHER RESOURCES (BOTH FREE AND THOSE WITH A COST).

“The mathematics content and concepts of InterMath (for going directly to statistics materials) reflect curriculum that would enhance a teacher’s understanding of middle-grades mathematics. The InterMath curriculum is meant to engage teachers and is intended to deepen teachers’ understanding of mathematical concepts related to the middle school {ages 10 to 14) curriculum.” (Quoted from “About InterMath” webpage of the website). However, the activities given on this website are applicable to both students and teachers at many levels.

Matematica 2001 (in Italian) contains materials that were developed by group of mathematics educators, statistics educators, and teachers. They are easy to follow and well-written. The parts that discuss statistical literacy at the primary (”elementare”) and early secondary (”media”) are under “Matematica 2001” and then scroll down to “Parte 2” and “Dati e previsioni”. There are separate materials for each of the 8 age/grade level from age 6 to 14.

The module is ritten by the Virginia Department of Education. This document introduces a staff development program designed to assist teachers in implementing the 2001 Virginia Standards of Learning for mathematics, and enhancing teachers’ content knowledge and their use of instructional strategies for teaching the probability and statistics Standards of Learning. Included in this document are a sample of meaningful and engaging explorations, problem solving, and hands-on experiences correlated to the probability and statistics strand of the grades K-5 and grades 6-8. These activities include instructional and implementation strategies for teachers, as well as training in ways to gather, represent, analyze and interpret data to guide instruction and classroom assessment.

Released in the Statistics Canada Daily today, June 5 2007- Teacher’s Guide to Data Dicovery, a free online publication from Statistics Canada's Education Outreach program.

This guide was developed by Mary Townsend, written from a teacher’s perspective in an easy- to- read style by Angela McCanny, a Census At School resource teacher, and edited by Elise Mennie. It supports both elementary and secondary educators in helping students develop basic statistical skills and provides specific instructions on:

finding interesting and grade-appropriate datasets choosing appropriate graphs for different kinds of data calculating basic statistical measures, with or without statistical software

Please take a look. The Guide provides simple information on some of the fundamentals of stats and is just what teachers who are participating in Census At School (or not) are looking for !

ISBN 90-277-0626-3 (ISBN 13: 978-90-277-0626-3, hard cover, US $138.00 (published in 1975) ISBN 90-277-1190-9 (ISBN 13: 978-90-277-1190-9, paper edition, US $84.95 (published in 1980) Published by Springer, 217 pages.

This is a classic book in how children think about probability.

ISBN 0-534-37282-1 Published by Thomson Brooks/Cole (Belmont, California, USA), 2006, 250 pages, paper edition.

“Published in partnership with the ASA [American Statistical Association], this essay collection brings to life interesting applications of statistics and probability in a wide variety of fields...and is an excellent supplement for Introductory Statistics courses” (quoted from publisher’s brochure).

In New England Mathematics Journal, Volume 34, Number 2, 2002, Pages 6 to 25. Despite its name, this article discusses what should be taught at the primary and secondary levels. It also discusses how teachers should think about statistics and the teaching of statistics.

ISBN: 0-86651-952-1 Published by Dale Seymour Publications (Palo Alto, California, USA), 1997, 113 Pages, US $18.50. (Note: Dale Seymour Publications is now part of the Pearson Learning Group) To order online: http://www.pearsonlearning.com/. To order by mail, telephone, or fax in the USA: Pearson Learning Group, 135 South Mount Zion Road, P.O. Box 2500, Lebanon IN 46052 Telephone: 1-800-526-9907 Fax: 1-800-393-3156. For information on ordering by mail, telephone, or fax outside of the USA go to http://www.pearsonlearning.com/sls_rep/international.cfm.

This 8” x 11.5” soft cover book is designed as a teacher resource for use in the classroom. There are three sections, each comprising five investigations that are designed to progress from a focus on data collection to prediction with statistics. The development of the activities was supported by the National Science Foundation, and thus have been heavily field tested and found to be realistic and interesting to students in grades 3-6. Topics for investigation include “How Do We Spend our Time?” “What Do We Think about School Issues?” and “Can We Predict the Number of Seeds in a Pumpkin?” Each activity provides extensive implementation support, helpful hints concerning both content and teaching, additional resources, and extensions. Support for teachers’ own professional development is provided within the activity description, and is also explicitly addressed in separate sections of the book including a model for teaching statistics and a glossary of statistical words. The cost is reasonable, and permission is granted for teachers to reproduce blackline masters for use with their own students.

ISBN: 0-8058-5399-5 Published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. (Mahwah, New Jersey, USA), 2006, 224 Pages, US $36.95, Hardcover “This book reveals the development of students’ understanding of statistical literacy. It provides a way to “see” student thinking and gives readers a deeper sense of how students think about important statistical topics. Intended as a complement to curriculum documents and textbook series, it is consistent with the current principles and standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.” (Quoted from Lawrence Erlbaum webpage).