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Resource Selection Course: AP StatisticsSummary: AP Statistics teachers reviewed 4 textbooks. The intent is to use the textbook resources to prepare lessons and prepare students for the AP Exam. The textbook will be used as a homework resource. Much of the final decision was based upon the resources that compliment the text and support the students as they prepare for the AP Exam. The AP Statistics teachers quickly narrowed our focus to two books: Starnes, Yates, and Moore, The Practice of Statistics, 5th Ed. (Bedford, Freeman & Worth ISBN: to be published in 1/2014)Bock, Velleman, and DeVeaux, Stats: Modeling the World, 3rd Ed. (Addison-Wesley ISBN: 978-0-13-135959-8) Stats: Modeling the World, 3rd Ed.?by BVD The Practice of Statistics, 5th?Ed.?by YMSRegular Stats usesTextbook online with MyMathLab, a Learning Management SystemNot a large upgrade from what we have for the regular Statistics class.Same resources as last edition.Teacher resources are better.More “new teacher” friendlyHas addressed deficiencies of prior edition.Binder resource materialsStrive for a Five AP resource bookCan transfer from Diploma to Exam View.Test generator is better.Notes generated for both resources are shown below:Student Reviews: Four students reviewed both textbooks. None of the students had a strong preference for either textbook. Their responses are at the end of this document. Resource RequestedPackageUnit Cost Amount Total Cost The Practice of Statistics, 5th?Ed.ISBN: TBD after being published in January, 2014Contains e-book access for 6 years, annotated Teacher’s Edition and e-book, Teacher Resource CD, Teacher’s Solution Manual, ExamView Assessment Suite and Strive for a Five AP prep resource. $139.00Hard cover305(277 + 10%)FHC-63FHHS-90FHN-124$42,395 + (S/H = 4%) = $44,091Student Reviews:NOTE: All the references to orange or flamingo are The Practice of Statistics, 5th Ed. by YMS.?The yellow book is Stats: Modeling the World, 3rd Ed. by ments from student A, a student who took AP Statistics last year: I think that about 98% of kids are just going to use the book for reference and problems and that an overwhelming majority of the instruction in the class is learned from the instructor and their skills and their expertise. In the majority of my math classes I have used the book as a last resort for information. I mostly rely on the teacher's instructions and the notes they provide. The yellow book provides more of a detailed explanation of steps on how to graph and also gives better explanations and highlighted clearly stated definitions of key terms used in the course. The orange book, I'd say, while it does have some good qualities, I think it is written at a higher level than the yellow book. It would be harder to read, especially if they haven't taken higher courses before this one. The calculator instructions in the orange book told me which buttons to push, so that is good for the average student and it's better than the yellow book for that. The orange book also has more AP type review included. The orange book did a better job of explaining in short and simple ways what the terms are or the properties for things like binomials. The yellow book took several pages to go over the same information that the orange book put in just a few boxes. The orange book gives simple examples that I can relate to or that I could imagine doing along with the book, like tossing a coin or spinning a roulette wheel. The yellow book started talking about selecting two pictures of Tiger Woods and I had a hard time relating to that and also don't get what the process is or how I could do that with the book. I used my phone to time how fast I could find some things in each book, starting with it closed and most things I looked for in the orange book took me about 30-36 seconds and they took a minute or longer with the yellow book. Like I said, I think most kids learn the majority of the class from the teacher, and the yellow book is better at some things and the orange book is better at some other things, so they're about the same.?Comments from student B, a student currently in AP Stats:Both books look pretty similar. The yellow book looks a little more straightforward, but the orange book with the flamingo looks like it has more depth.?Comments from student C, a student currently in AP Stats:I really haven't used the book this year, so I don't know that it matters which book is selected. The book is mostly there for problems or I imagine I would use it if I couldn't be at school for a while, like if I was in the hospital or suspended. I mostly rely on the notes and the website. I don't think it matters much which of these two books you went ments from student D, a student currently in AP Stats:Looking at each book for what we already did this year, I think it's hard to pick one over the other. Some things look clearer in the yellow book and some are easier to follow in the flamingo book. I do like the AP practice problems at the end of the sections in the flamingo book. Those will be nice for getting ready for tests and the AP exam. I might actually try those if we had this book right now. ................
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