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Use this work sample to assess students' knowledge and skills to conduct guided statistical investigations involving categorical and discrete numerical data, and interpret their results in terms of the context.

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Year level(s) Year 3
Audience Teacher
Purpose Assessment advice, Assessment task
Format Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Feedback, Concrete Representational Abstract model
Keywords categorical, discrete numerical variables, graphical representations, interpretation of data

Curriculum alignment

Curriculum connections Numeracy
Strand and focus Algebra, Space, Statistics
Topics Operating with number, Properties of number, Patterns and algebra, Data representation and interpretation
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions
AC9M3SP02
Interpret and create two-dimensional representations of familiar environments, locating key landmarks and objects relative to each other

AC9M3A02
Extend and apply knowledge of addition and subtraction facts to 20 to develop efficient mental strategies for computation with larger numbers without a calculator

AC9M3ST01
Acquire data for categorical and discrete numerical variables to address a question of interest or purpose by observing, collecting and accessing data sets; record the data using appropriate methods including frequency tables and spreadsheets

AC9M3ST02
Create and compare different graphical representations of data sets including using software where appropriate; interpret the data in terms of the context

AC9M3ST03
Conduct guided statistical investigations involving the collection, representation and interpretation of data for categorical and discrete numerical variables with respect to questions of interest

Numeracy progression Interpreting and representing data (P4)
Positioning and locating (P3)
Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P3)
Additive strategies (P8)
Multiplicative strategies (P5)

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