Activities

1 When do people use (or need) mathematical thinking?
2 Spreadsheet as a tool that extends and constrains our thinking
3 Simple rules generate complex behaviors
4 Big data allows micro-targeting
5 Inquiry-based learning and the 3Ps -- problem-posing, problem-solving, and persuasion
6 Correlation, causation, and consequences
7 Traps in thinking about probability
8 Tools to extend thinking by considering feedback loops
9 Prediction
10 Designing a critical thinking activity using spreadsheets
11 Critical assumptions at the foundations of statistical analysis
12 Visualization of inequalities
13 Heterogeneity (lecture)