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Averages
This sequence of lessons explores students' ability to find the mean, median, mode and range from given data, working collaboratively. The lessons slowly increase in difficulty, through the introduction of new terms and increasing task complexity. The lessons are detailed with accompanying resources (PowerPoint, prompt sheet).
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Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Assessment task, Content knowledge, Student task, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Collaborative learning, Differentiated teaching, Questioning, Structuring lessons, Worked examples |
Keywords | mean, median, mode, range, interquartile range, average |
Curriculum alignment |
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Curriculum connections | English, Numeracy, Critical and creative thinking |
Strand and focus | Number, Statistics, Apply understanding, Build understanding |
Topics | Addition and subtraction, Data representation and interpretation, Decimals, Integers, Operating with number, Place value |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMSP171
Calculate mean, median, mode and range for sets of data. Interpret these statistics in the context of data
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National numeracy learning progression |
Additive strategies
Comparing units (ratios, rates and proportion) Operating with decimals Interpreting and representing data - IRD4 |
Copyright details |
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Organisation | Inquiry Maths |
Copyright | © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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