Daren is a frequent speaker at local, state, regional, national, and international conferences. Daren has led numerous one-day and weeklong AP® Statistics institutes for new and experienced teachers, and he has been a Reader, Table Leader, and Question Leader for the AP® Statistics exam since 1998. Daren is also an alumnus of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. He earned his MA in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and his BS in Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. and Christina Seix Dow Distinguished Master Teacher Chair in Mathematics at The Lawrenceville School near Princeton, New Jersey. Starnes is Mathematics Department Chair and holds the Robert S.
Tech Corners give brief directions about how to use TI-83/84 graphing calculators and the new statistical applets effectively.ĭaren S. High-interest activities built into each chapter let students explore concepts and techniques in class. Each of these exercises has an accompanying solution video which reviews the problem step by step.Ī comprehensive test concludes each chapter Try it Problems mirror each worked example provide immediate reinforcement or direct students back to the appropriate model example when they are doing homework assignments.Īltogether, the practice sets in SPA include more than 1600 exercises in total.Įach Lesson ends with four helpful categories of paired exercises.Ĭhapter review exercises tie the lessons together.
Each Worked Example includes "teacher talk" balloons highlighting important steps, plus an accompanying Example Video more more guidance. STATS applied! opens and closes each chapter by introducing students to the types of researchers explore in fields like biology, public health, etc.Ģ12 Worked examples help students understand the problem-solving process.