Statistics - When facts count, 12.6.2017

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Dealing
with
figures
Seminar on Statistics
– When facts count
12 June 2017 in Helsinki
Maarit Rossi

3. Dealing
Classroom is safety place
with
figures• To make mistakes
• To develop critical thinking
• To understand that instead of one solution there can be many
solutions
• To read local, regional, national and global information – Math
is connected to real life
• IF NOT, WHAT CAN HAPPEN !

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Teaching Math has not changed in 100 years!
OECD: Ten Questions for Mathematics Teachers...and how PISA can help answer them

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Car assembly line

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Learning in lines - 1950’s

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Learning in lines – 2010’s

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Boring Meaningless Frightening

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10 Skills you’ll need in the workplace by
2020
 10 Cognitive flexibility
 9 Negotiation
 8 Service orientation
 7 Judgement & decision
making
 6 Emotional intelligence
 5 Coordinating with
others
 4 People management
 3 Creativity
 2 Critical thinking
 1 Complex problem
solving

14. INTERDISCIPLINARY MATH
PRACTICE
LEARNING BY DOING
SOCIAL LEARNING

15. Estimation and rounding

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Estimating and using creativity

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Real-life problems

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Fascinating

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Real-life problems

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Joy of doing math
Do we take it away for no reason?
At the same time students think that math is
meaningless, boring and even frightening

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Planning strategy together

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Students send their work(exel) to the teacher by
OneDrive
Maarit Rossi,

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Maarit Rossi,

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The general consensus is that active learning in
classes improve student performance and
confidence.
Low math confidence discourages students from pursuing STEM
disciplines. .

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Meaningful and interesting

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Fun!
Fun!
Fun!

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Thank you.
Maarit Rossi
 Top 10 Finalist: Global Teacher Prize
2016
 Founder & CEO: Paths to Math Ltd.
 Phone: +358 400 906 344
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