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Bolivar, Mo. 鈥� Southwest B
aptist University鈥檚 Dr. Bob Glasgow, professor of mathematics, recently presented
at the 2017 鈥淪olving the STEM Puzzle鈥� Interface A and B conferences at Tan-Tar-A Resort
in Osage Beach.
Glasgow presented three sessions titled 鈥淢ad about Mean, Median, Mode, and M.A.D.鈥�
鈥淭he sessions were designed to help teachers, especially those in grades 6-8, teach statistical topics related to variability, which are relatively new topics that have been included in those grades by the new Missouri Learning Standards,鈥� Glasgow said.
鈥淭he session focused on the use of visual representations to explore concepts of mean, median, mode and mean absolute deviation (M.A.D.) and what they tell us about variability.鈥�
The Interface conferences are annual events sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide professional development for teachers in mathematics and science. Interface A is for teachers of grades K-6 and B is for teachers of grades 7-12. Approximately 100 teachers attended the sessions.