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Data representations (Year 10)
This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project' is for teachers who wish to consolidate and extend their content knowledge on ways of displaying data, such as scatterplots and using continuous data. There are sections that provide history and context for the topic, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.
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Year level(s) | Year 10 |
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Audience | Teacher, School Leader |
Purpose | Content knowledge |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Keywords | histogram, box, plot, data distribution, continuous data, explicit teaching |
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Strand and focus | Statistics |
Topics | Data representation and interpretation |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMSP248
Determine quartiles and interquartile range
ACMSP249
Construct and interpret box plots and use them to compare data sets
ACMSP250
Compare shapes of box plots to corresponding histograms and dot plots
ACMSP251
Use scatter plots to investigate and comment on relationships between two numerical variables
ACMSP252
Investigate and describe bivariate numerical data where the independent variable is time
ACMSP253
Evaluate statistical reports in the media and other places by linking claims to displays, statistics and representative data
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National numeracy learning progression |
Interpreting and representing data
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IRD6
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Copyright details |
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Organisation | AMSI |
Copyright | © The University of Melbourne. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0. |
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