STAT-MAPS, "Statistics-Materials and Activities for Problem Solving", is a four year project (1991-94) in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Appalachian State University, USA. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the STAT-MAPS project is developing curriculum and materials for students in grades 9-12 (ages 15-17). The STAT-MAPS curriculum is giving attention to students with a broad range of abilities and interests, not just the college bound ones or the advanced students who have a special interest in science or mathematics. The goals of STAT-MAPS are to: (1) describe a flexible curriculum for various secondary level settings, (2) develop effective instructional strategies for presenting this curriculum, and (3) provide materials for implementing the instructional strategies and curriculum. The project is based on the recommendations of The Curriculum Standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (1989) and builds on the previous work of the Quantitative Literacy Project (Scheaffer, 1986).
The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education