Opinions by the Numbers

SECONDARY MODULE #3

ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE:

MODULE OBJECTIVES:

Students will gain competency in electronically constructing displays and analyzing their data.

CONCEPT(S) LEARNED IN THIS MODULE:

STANDARD(S) ADDRESSED IN THIS MODULE (K-12):

Collect, organize, display data for given situations using appropriate displays such as circle graphs, box-and-and-whisker plots, scatter plots, glyphs
Use data analysis to write an evaluative argument in a real life situation
Determine the best measure of central tendency and calculate it

TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES UTILIZED IN THIS MODULE:

Lesson 1:

Components	Brief Description of Module Activities	Student Grouping	Materials / Technology
Engagement	Pre-assess students knowledge of uses of graphing calculator - especially using lists and 1 variable statistics analysis.	Pairs	Graphing calculators
Exploration	Graphing calculators as a tool for analysis and display-instruction as necessary	Whole class	Graphing calculators
Explanation	Students construct a display of their previously collected (or new) data.	Individual	Graphing calculators
Extension	Import displays into Word Document which is their narrative. Use probe ware to gather data.	Pairs	Graphing calculators and computers
Evaluation	Printed informative document with display/analysis.	Pairs	Computers

Lesson 2:

Components	Brief Description of Module Activities	Student Grouping	Materials / Technology
Engagement	Pre-assess students' skills of constructing displays.	Individual	Computer with Excel and Word
Exploration	Excel as a tool for analysis and display - instruction as needed.	Whole class	As above
Explanation	Practice data sets as noted in previous lesson.	Individual	As above
Extension	Importing displays into Word document.	Individual	As above
Evaluation	Completed explanatory document.	Individual	As above

EXPECTED MODULE OUTCOMES:

The students will be able to independently construct spreadsheets, analyze data with computer or calculator, and prepare a well written document explaining their findings.

PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF MODULE OUTCOMES:

A completed word processed document explaining and giving analysis of data. A graph is to be included.

TEACHER NOTES:

The usual format for a written document is to have the first paragraph explaining the origin of the data and giving specific values such a mean, mode, median, range. The second paragraph would cite how work was done, further analysis and an appropriate of the data. The third paragraph would be a summary/extension of student's thoughts or findings.