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Beginning Statistics with Cuisenaire Rods
Author(s) -
Hollingsworth Caroline
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9639.1995.tb00861.x
Subject(s) - mathematics education , rod , statistics , statistical analysis , computer science , psychology , mathematics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Summary Cuisenaire Rods provide a concrete embodiment for teaching mean, median, and mode to middle schoolers. These statistical concepts are traditionally only taught abstractly, but may be better understood via manipulatives.