#tmwyk The Love Graph 17 Jul 2024 My 8yo daughter, S, held up a piece of paper with a jagged line drawn on it. "Mama. What do you notice? Do you see any high points? Or low…
Uncategorized Featured in EdWeek: “Graphs Are Hard for Students to Digest. Can a ‘Slow Reveal’ Help?” 28 Aug 202330 Aug 2023 Last May, EdWeek journalist Sarah D. Sparks contacted me regarding an upcoming article about data science in K-12 education. I was immensely flattered that she wanted to schedule a time…
#tmwyk Bugs Jump Really High #tmwyk 1 Apr 20231 Apr 2023 "Mama! Bugs can jump so high!" I turned my head quickly, expecting to see a large insect launching itself into the air. Nothing. It turns out, five year old N…
in the classroom Using Slow Reveals to Illuminate Tiny but Powerful Details in Graphs 2 Jan 2023 This blog post was originally published on SlowRevealGraphs.com Last week, a middle school social studies teacher and I co-planned a slow reveal graphs lesson to launch a project about current events…
curriculum How do we measure change in data? 25 Nov 2022 This blog post was originally published on SlowRevealGraphs.com How do we measure change over time? The y-axis can be so deceptive. Change the scale a little, and a small change looks…
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