Finally a week with five days!! Never thought as a teacher I would be saying that. :)
This week my students completed their statistics project. The student were to conduct a survey with 50 of their peers. The class then needed to graph their results using the mean and standard deviation. The results were to be compiled using the total number of surveys then also by breaking the surveys into subgroups (some chose to do grade level, age, gender, etc). The project took longer than the typical drill and practice exercises but the students seemed to take a special interest since they created their own surveys and were curious about the results. Many students were even surprised when they discovered the results. The last task was for the students to make conclusions from their various graphs and data and . In addition to actual conclusions the students were asked to use the data to mislead an actual conclusion, showing them that at times we can make numbers say what we want them to say.
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What a neat project- I am glad that not just the students enjoyed it- from the sound of it I might have enjoyed it as well! Do you see doing other projects like this or was this too time consuming?
ReplyDeleteI like the way that your lesson uses higher levels of Bloom's... in that... your students are analyzing their information to produce their own graphs. I was actually reading some similiar info about "gifted" lessons and incorporating choice menus was in the article. Giving the students a choice between gender, grade level, etc... is a GREAT way to connect them with the content.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how student ownership took place within the project. It is really neat to hear that students were eager to see the results in the survey since they were student made. It is interesting to see how students will surprise us and take special interest in certain things as opposed to other things. It was also interesting how this lesson related to the real world. Students were able to see how numbers can be manipulated in many different situations.
ReplyDeleteGreat plan, good job Scott!