In this paper, an assessment project conducted in a class for future middle school teachers in statistics<br>is presented. The project consisted of designing and presenting a lesson that addressed a statistical<br>concept taught in middle school following the Japanese Lesson Study model. Future teachers were<br>asked to identify the big ideas covered, its connections to previous and future content by aligning the<br>lesson to state, national standards, and the GAISE recommendations, make predictions about students<br>misunderstandings based on readings about statistics education research, propose activities or<br>procedures on how to teach the concept, and create an evaluation plan. Lessons were presented in pairs<br>to the entire class and the "best" lesson presented to actual 5th graders at a local middle school. Final<br>reflections and evaluations from prospective teachers are discussed.
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