ABOVE AVERAGE: EXPLORING CENTRAL TENDANCY

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ABOVE AVERAGE EXPLORING CENTRAL TENDANCY

• CTAP LESSON PLAN
• BY
• JAIME N. YEAROUS

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LESSON DESCRIPTION

• CONTENT AREA 6TH GRADE MATH

• STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE THE MEASURES OF
• CENTRAL TENDANCY MEAN, MEDIAN, MODE,
• AND OTHER RELATED TERMS

• INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY, COOPERATIVE
• GROUPS, AND INTEGRATIVE TECHNOLOGY

• TIMELINE
• APPROXIMATELY TWO-THREE WEEKS

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STANDARDS
MATH CONTENT STANDARDS FOR CALIFORNIA PUBLIC
SCHOOLS 6TH GRADE MATH
STATISTICS, DATA ANALYSIS, AND PROBABILITY

• 1.0 Students compute and analyze statistical
  measures
• for data sets.

• 1.1 Students compute the range, mean, median, and
• mode of data sets

1.4 Students know why a specific measure of
central tendency provides the most useful
information in a given context
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OBJECTIVES

• GIVEN A REAL SITUATION, STUDENTS WILL DESIGN A
• DATA COLLECTION SHEET AND RECORD DATA IN AN
• ORGANIZED MANNER.

• GIVEN A SET OF DATA STUDENTS WILL

• COMPUTE THE RANGE, MEAN, MEDIAN, AND MODE.

• CONSTRUCT AN ACCURATE FREQUENCY GRAPH
• THAT INCLUDES CORRECTLY LABELED AXES AND
• AN APPROPRIATE TITLE.

• PRESENT A CLEAR AND ADEQUATE REPORT
• SUMMARIZING THE RESULTS OF THEIR STUDY.

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ACTIVITIES

• MEASURES ACTIVITY INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY

• SURVEY SAYS ENABLING ACTIVITY

• NFL STATISTICS CULMINATING ACTIVITY

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ASSESSMENTS AND RUBRICS

• PRE-ASSESSMENT

• NFL PROJECT

• NFL PROJECT RUBRIC

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INTERNET
STUDENTS WILL COLLECT REAL DATA FROM THE
http//www.nfl.com/ WEBSITE
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• MICROSOFT WORD

• MICROSOFT EXCEL

TECHNOLOGY

• INTERNET

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REVISIONS

• PAST I REVISEDTHE NFL ACTIVITY BY
• ALLOWING STUDENTS TO WORK IN GROUPS
• DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, COMPUTER
• ACCESS, AND EASE OF GRADING
• CHOOSING WHICH TWO TEAMS THE
• STUDENTS WOULD ANALYZE, INSTEAD OF
• ALLOWING THEM TO CHOOSE (GRADING)

FUTURE I MIGHT ADD ONE MORE ENABLING ACTIVITY
TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE FINAL. THE ACTIVITY
WOULD INVOLVE AVERAGING NBA BOX SCORES.
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IMPLEMENTATION

• 6th grade students are the target audience

• Implemented during the Statistics and Data
  Analysis Unit

• Computer lab setting required if used for
• whole class instruction.

• May be used as a differentiated
• curriculum unit for GATE students.

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PERFORMANCE DATA
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ANALYSIS

• OVERALL STUDENT IMPROVEMENT ON ASSESSMENTS

• STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO MAKE REAL-LIFE
• APPLICATIONS

• FOUNDATION HAS BEEN SET FOR STUDENTS TO
• EXPLORE MORE COMPLEX CENTRAL TENDENCY
• CONCEPTS

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WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

• DESIGNING A WEB-BASED UNIT IS VERY
• TIME CONSUMING

• DESIGNING A WEB-BASED UNIT WOULD BE A GREAT
• ACTIVITY FOR GATE STUDENTS

• WEB-BASED UNITS ARE HIGHLY MOTIVATING AND
• EFFECTIVE LEARNING TOOLS FOR STUDENTS WHEN
  IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY

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