Re: [R] Use of R in Schools

2009-09-19 Thread Erich Neuwirth
I cannot offer direct experience with schools, but perhaps you are interested in having a look at RExcel (I am the author) which makes R accessible within Excel on Windows. One of the reasons of writing it was to make R more easily accessible for statistics education. rcom.univie.ac.at has more i

Re: [R] Use of R in Schools

2009-09-19 Thread Michael Knudsen
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 6:28 AM, John Maindonald wrote: > I am looking for information on experimentation with the use > of R in the teaching of statistics and science in schools.  Any > leads would be very welcome.  I am certain that there is such > experimentation. I read this paper http://ww

[R] Use of R in Schools

2009-09-18 Thread John Maindonald
I am looking for information on experimentation with the use of R in the teaching of statistics and science in schools. Any leads would be very welcome. I am certain that there is such experimentation. I've made this inquiry on r-sig-teaching, with no response. John. John Maindonald