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| Archived Info |
Introductory Learning Module |
OverviewThis first MathStar Learning Module introduces collecting, representing, describing and interpreting data. Students describe their community (school and neighborhood) using real mathematical data (collected by students). All MathStar school sites will collect data on a set of standard topics. Each school will then be able to determine their own data sets to describe the school and its students. Students are encouraged to use software that creates graphs from their database or spreadsheets to display their data. Web sites can be used to collect data. |
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| Learning Module | Mathematical Focus |
| Population | Identify types of data (categorical and numerical), determine appropriate graphical representations to describe and analyze data, develop hypotheses and make predictions based on data. |
| Weather | Create and analyze stem and leaf, double line graphs, and box and whiskers plots. Calculate mean and median temperatures, explore scaling of graphs |
| Geography | Measurement (area, perimeter, elevation), latitude, longitude |
| Transportation | Make predictions based on data samples, calculate average, and use time and distance to calculate speed |
| Technology | Use appropriate number representations (fractions, decimals, percents), apply and evaluate algebraic expressions, develop graphs and determine appropriate graphical representations |
Visit the Student Gallery to view student presentations!
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Direct comments to: mibrown@nmsu.edu |
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