Textbooks / Curricula

Text Books in English (Curricula)

Ben-Zvi, D. (Contributing Author) (2007). Innovative Instructional materials for introductory statistics courses. The AIMS Project. University of Minnesota, USA. http://www.tc.umn.edu/~aims/index.htm

Gil, E., & Ben-Zvi, D. (2008). Data Analysis for Sixth Grade Using TinkerPlots– Student's Workbook (International edition). Haifa, Israel: University of Haifa. 48 pages.

Text Books in Hebrew (Curricula)

Bruckheimer, M., Ofir, R., & Ben-Zvi, D. (1996). Computation Methods in Ancient Egypt (Hebrew). The History of Mathematics Series (Vol. I). Rehovot, Israel: Weizmann Institute of Science. 60 pages.

Ben-Zvi, D., Friedlander, A. (1997). Statistics: Exploratory Data Analysis Activities with Spreadsheet – Student's Workbook (Hebrew). Rehovot, Israel: Weizmann Institute of Science. 164 pages.

Bruckheimer, M., Ofir, R., & Ben-Zvi, D. (1997). Ancient Digits and Computation Methods (Hebrew). The History of Mathematics Series (Vol. II). Rehovot, Israel: Weizmann Institute of Science. 60 pages.

Bruckheimer, M., Ofir, R., & Ben-Zvi, D. (1998). Solving Word Problem without Equations (Hebrew). The History of Mathematics Series (Vol. III). Rehovot, Israel: Weizmann Institute of Science. 60 pages.

Bruckheimer, M., Ofir, R., & Ben-Zvi, D. (1999). Pi and the Circle Perimeter (Hebrew). The History of Mathematics Series (Vol. IV). Rehovot, Israel: Weizmann Institute of Science. 60 pages.

Ben-Zvi, D., & Ozruso, G. (2001). Statistical Investigations with Spreadsheets: Teacher's Guide (Hebrew). Rehovot, Israel: Weizmann Institute of Science. 329 pages.

Ben-Zvi, D., Ben-Moshe, O., & Kvatinsky, T. (2005). Fostering Mathematical Literacy in Statistics and Probability (Hebrew). Jerusalem: Ministry of Education. (210 pages, 35 activities for students in ninth and tenth grade, fully annotated for teachers.)

Levin, N., & Ben-Zvi, D. (2005). Statistics Curriculum for the Professional Development of Primary School Mathematics Teachers (Hebrew). The National Committee for the Professional Development of Primary School Mathematics Teachers in Israel. Jerusalem: Ministry of Education. (78 pages, 15 activities for teacher development courses)

Ben-Moshe, O., & Ben-Zvi, D. (2005). Distribution: Exploratory Data Analysis for Fourth Grade Using TinkerPlots – Student's Workbook (Hebrew). Haifa, Israel: University of Haifa. 32 pages.

Rota, S., & Ben-Zvi, D. (2005a). Exploratory Data Analysis – My Family (Hebrew) (Student’s Textbook in the Pathways Series). Tel-Aviv: The Center for Educational Technology.

Rota, S., & Ben-Zvi, D. (2005b). Exploratory Data Analysis – My Family (Hebrew) (Teacher’s Guide in the Pathways Series). Tel-Aviv: The Center for Educational Technology.

Gil, E., & Ben-Zvi, D. (2006). Growing Samples: Exploratory Data Analysis for Fifth Grade Using TinkerPlots – Student's Workbook (Hebrew). Haifa, Israel: University of Haifa. 32 pages.

Rota, S., & Ben-Zvi, D. (2006a). Exploratory Data Analysis – My Neighborhood (Hebrew) (Student’s Textbook in the Pathways Series). Tel-Aviv: The Center for Educational Technology.

Rota, S., & Ben-Zvi, D. (2006b). Exploratory Data Analysis – My Neighborhood (Hebrew) (Teacher’s Guide in the Pathways Series). Tel-Aviv: The Center for Educational Technology.

Gil, E., & Ben-Zvi, D. (2007). Informal Statistical Inference: Data Analysis for Sixth Grade Using TinkerPlots – Student's Workbook(Hebrew). Haifa, Israel: University of Haifa. 48 pages.

Gil, E., & Ben-Zvi, D. (2007). Informal Statistical Inference: Data Analysis for Sixth Grade Using TinkerPlots – Student's Workbook(English, international edition). Haifa, Israel: University of Haifa. 48 pages.

Rota, S., & Ben-Zvi, D. (2008a). Exploratory Data Analysis – The Water Around Us (Hebrew) (Student’s Textbook in the Pathways Series). Tel-Aviv: The Center for Educational Technology.

Rota, S., & Ben-Zvi, D. (2008b). Exploratory Data Analysis – The Water Around Us (Hebrew) (Teacher’s Guide in the Pathways Series). Tel-Aviv: The Center for Educational Technology.

Gil, E., & Ben-Zvi, D. (2010). Data Analysis for Fifth Grade Using TinkerPlots– Student's Workbook and Teacher Guide (Hebrew, 2nd edition). Haifa, Israel: University of Haifa. 48 pages.

Manor, H., Ben-Zvi, D., & Aridor, K. (2013). The Integrative Approach to Data Analysis for Middle School Using TinkerPlots2 – Student’s Workbook (Hebrew, 1st edition). Haifa, Israel: University of Haifa.

Ben-Zvi, D. (2017). Big data inquiry: Thinking with data. In R. Ferguson at al., (Eds.), Innovating Pedagogies 2017: Open University Report 6 (pp. 32-36). Milton Keynes: The Open University.