Here is a book that introduces R programming for use in high school or college math and science courses: https://www.crcpress.com/The-R-Student-Companion/Dennis/p/book/9781439875407 The book is written for absolute beginners in programming concepts and is one of the most elementary books about R available. The focus of the book is not statistics per se but rather scientific graphing, calculation, modeling, and simulation. Collected reviews of the book can be found here: https://webpages.uidaho.edu/~brian/reviews_of_RSC.pdf The topics are very vanilla R, no RStudio, no ggplot, no dplyr, etc. The choice of topics was deliberate so as not to overwhelm students. The math level is high school algebra. The scientific examples treated are quite real and engaging. With the move in education toward trying to teach "coding" in schools, one might ask why not use Python, Java, C+, etc. The answer is clear: students can do more cool stuff with R with much less code and computer science overhead. As well, the supporting online instructional environment, with zillions of websites, tutorials, and videos, is hard to beat. For future STEM workers, R is the ideal gateway drug! I have even taught graphing and calculating in R to elementary school students. They are eager and enthusiastic and take to it as fast as the older students. Readin', Ritin', Rithmetic, and R! Brian Dennis, Professor University of Idaho USA
R book for teaching math & science in high school
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Brian-- I would heartily endorse your recommendation for teaching R to younger folk. 4-5 years ago I did a 5-hour workshop introducing R to about 20 students in grades 10-12. I think it was quite successful--at least they invited me back to do another one the following year! I wish I had had your book! --Chris Ryan SUNY Upstate Medical University and Binghamton University
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Here is a book that introduces R programming for use in high school or college math and science courses: https://www.crcpress.com/The-R-Student-Companion/Dennis/p/book/9781439875407 The book is written for absolute beginners in programming concepts and is one of the most elementary books about R available. The focus of the book is not statistics per se but rather scientific graphing, calculation, modeling, and simulation. Collected reviews of the book can be found here: https://webpages.uidaho.edu/~brian/reviews_of_RSC.pdf The topics are very vanilla R, no RStudio, no ggplot, no dplyr, etc. The choice of topics was deliberate so as not to overwhelm students. The math level is high school algebra. The scientific examples treated are quite real and engaging. With the move in education toward trying to teach "coding" in schools, one might ask why not use Python, Java, C+, etc. The answer is clear: students can do more cool stuff with R with much less code and computer science overhead. As well, the supporting online instructional environment, with zillions of websites, tutorials, and videos, is hard to beat. For future STEM workers, R is the ideal gateway drug! I have even taught graphing and calculating in R to elementary school students. They are eager and enthusiastic and take to it as fast as the older students. Readin', Ritin', Rithmetic, and R! Brian Dennis, Professor University of Idaho USA [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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