Exam 11: Teaching Geometry, Statisticsprobability, and Discrete Mathematics

Which of the following practices for the teaching of probability is supported byresearch as an effective way to develop student thinking?

It has been said that teaching statistics is much more complex than simply teaching students to "draw a bar graph." Describe the types of skills and competencies a student should possess after completing a secondary and middle school program that includes statistics as a content strand.

Which of the following is a property of all fractal images?

(a)List several of the topics that are typical of a discrete mathematics content strand and provide a sample problem that students can solve to illustrate each of the topics.(b)NCTM treated the topic of discrete mathematics very differently in the 1989 curriculum Standards than in 2000.Explain this difference and its implications for textbooks, curriculum writers, and teachers.

Which statement most accurately compares the NCTM to the Common Core StateStandards for Mathematics with regard to the teaching of statistics and probability?

Which of the following is NOT considered an area of the study of discretemathematics?

According to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, a formal study ofstatistics that includes the study of variability and describing distributions, should begin at which grade level?

Which statement most accurately characterizes the relationship between how discretemathematics is described in the 1989 compared to the 2000 Standards from NCTM?

The sample lesson in Chapter 11 in which students explore an episode involvingdrinking a pitcher of tea leads them to the exploration of which concept?

Which of the following factors has made discrete mathematics problems moreaccessible to students in recent years than the problems had been in the past?

Which of the following are considered the "three V's" of big data?

Which of the following topics was NOT addressed as an area of study for discretemathematics in Principles and Standards for School Mathematics?