Check out our new trailer explaining what our free interactive set of #Statistics and #DataScience materials is all about! Feat. #Rstats #Jupyter #LearningAnalytics @sdschools @cogscimom @teaching_ninJa Full version here: https://t.co/6kQK8ty7ws

Thanks to all the researchers, instructors, curriculum developers, and students who joined us for DREAM 2025 and for such energizing and real conversations about doing research that actually matters in classrooms. Here’s to continuing to learn, build, and improve together.

🛠️ Try the Driver–Navigator Routine in your next Jupyter Notebook activity — and tell us how it goes!  #CourseKata #TeachingTipTuesday

Why we love it ❤️  ✨ Encourages reasoning over copy/paste  ✨ Gives everyone a clear role  ✨ Builds shared problem-solving skills  ✨ Works online and in person

Tips for smooth sailing:  💬 On Zoom: Keep it verbal — no chat unless a mic isn’t working.  🏫 In person: Only the Driver touches the keyboard; Navigators give verbal instructions to keep everyone engaged.

Here’s how it works:  🚗 Driver – Shares screen and types all code & responses.  🧭 Navigator – Decides what to try next and narrates what to type.   💡 Advocate (for groups of 3) – Reads instructions, asks for help, and summarizes results.

🚗🧭 This Month’s #TeachingTipTuesday: Try the Driver–Navigator Routine! A simple way to boost participation, collaboration, and discussion during coding time — whether you’re on Zoom or in person. 🧵👇

🚀 Research Throwback! Thanks to CourseKata’s “pulse check” data, we found that motivation isn’t static - it shifts chapter to chapter based on what & how students learn. Situational motivation especially predicted performance for marginalized students: https://t.co/sMdrJklT5Y

Final Reminder to register and attend our third annual DREAM event “Doing Research on Education that Actually Matters” - tomorrow (Tuesday, November 04, 2025) from 9-11am PT! Register here: https://t.co/eQpGsCD63H

📎 You can also read about our experience as a data donor in the latest issue of AmStat Magazine, celebrating 15 years of DataFest:

📎Check out our blog post recap to learn more about the amazing work that came out of DataFest 2024:

#ThrowbackThursday to #ASADataFest 2024, where students from 60+ universities dug into CourseKata’s anonymized learning data - yielding sharp insights, creative analyses, and even a few new interns 👀

Workshop #3 is happening next week! Our Fall Workshop Series wraps up with a Panel of Experienced Instructors! Don’t miss the finale! 🎤 Nov 4, 4-5pm PT | Panel of Experienced Instructors Bring your questions and hear from fellow educators. https://t.co/UFYPLpTDoK

Workshop #2 is coming up! Our Fall Workshop Series continues next week 🍂 📊 Oct 29, 4-5pm PT | Data Visualizations Learn strategies for helping students create and interpret visualizations. Register here: https://t.co/8CdcDWZCKN

Ladies and Gentlemen, the DREAM 2025 speaker lineup truly lives up to its name! We can’t wait to hear from our five amazing speakers as they share how they’re using CourseKata data to conduct research on education that actually matters. Register here: https://t.co/B1sYf00i8u

Teaching Tip Tuesday: Let R Choose! 🎲Need to randomly call on students or make groups? Let R do the work! ✅ Quick ✅ Fair ✅ No popsicle sticks required 😄 #TeachingTipTuesday #RStats #TeachersWhoCode #MathTeachers

✨ CourseKata at NCTM 2025! We’re excited to share that CourseKata will be at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Conference in Atlanta, GA, October 16-18 with multiple sessions you won’t want to miss! 📄 Check out the flyer for session details and times!

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✨New research spotlight! Icy Zhang, Ruby Jia, Alicia Cheng, & CourseKata co-founders Ji Son & Jim Stigler found 3 simple tweaks to R documentation–front-loading examples, showing outputs, & ordering easy→hard–help novices find answers faster & code better.

⏰ Reminder! Our very own @ Ji Son is at the Northwest Mathematics Conference 2025 this week!

📢New Blog: What Does It Mean to Be Evidence-Based in Teaching? 💻Most ed tech claims to “feed students what they need,” but only ~5% use them as intended. 👩🏽🏫 Our take: Teachers drive learning. 🔍Evidence-based means equipping–not replacing–them. 🔗 https://t.co/L1rQM3Fjko