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reSolve: What's in a name?

This sequence of two lessons examines trends in the names of students in the class, as well as trends in popular names from 2017 and 1957. Students explore data associated with these names and decide whether the mean, median or mode might be a suitable measure of central tendency. They develop their skills with spreadsheets by carrying out statistical calculations. Each lesson is outlined in detail including curriculum links, vocabulary, materials needed, discussion points, internet resources and spreadsheets of historical name data. This sequence is part of the reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry program.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 7
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Mathematics investigation
Keywords	data representation, range, personal names, central tendency
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Statistics, Build understanding, Apply understanding
Topics	Data representation and interpretation
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M7ST02 Create different types of numerical data displays including stem-and-leaf plots using software where appropriate; describe and compare the distribution of data, commenting on the shape, centre and spread including outliers and determining the range, median, mean and mode
Numeracy progression	Interpreting and representing data (P5)
Copyright details
Organisation	reSolve Maths by Inquiry
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