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Some Example Concepts/Skills Constructing graphs Interpreting graphs Knowing what prerequisite skills they are lacking Concept of “randomness” Making sense of how data can be relevant to real-life questions
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Connecting with
Basic KnowledgeMary Parker & Colleen HoskingAustin Community College
What prior knowledge and
experiences are we assuming our students have
that some of them don’t have?
Some Example Concepts/SkillsConstructing graphs Interpreting graphsKnowing what prerequisite skills
they are lackingConcept of “randomness”Making sense of how data can be
relevant to real-life questions
Start with dotplotsComparing graphs Interactive appletsPrerequisite Review SheetScaffolding questionsConnecting students to statistics
contextsMake up data to fit a scenario
Examples of Our Solutions
Example: Comparing Graphs
Example: Comparing Graphs
The original version of this work was developed by the Charles A. Dana Center at the University ofTexas at Austin under sponsorship of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.This work is used (or adapted) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0.For more information about Carnegie’s work on Statway, see www.carnegiefoundation.org/statway;for information on the Dana Centers work on The New Mathways Project, seewww.utdanacenter.org/mathways.
Example: Interactive Appletshttp
://www.austincc.edu/mparker/talks/uscots2015/
Example: Prerequisite Reality Check
Example: Prerequisite Reality Check
Connections: Real-life context & interpreting graphs
(1) Captain Crunch has the lowest Consumer Reports rating of the 77 cereals in the data set. How much fat is in a serving of Captain Crunch?
(2) In this set of 77 cereals, Product 19 has the most sodium in a serving. What is the rating for Product 19?
(3) All-Bran Extra Fiber is the cereal with the highest rating. How much sugar, fat, and sodium are in a serving of All-Bran Extra Fiber?
The original version of this work was developed by the Charles A. Dana Center at the University ofTexas at Austin under sponsorship of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.This work is used (or adapted) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0.For more information about Carnegie’s work on Statway, see www.carnegiefoundation.org/statway;for information on the Dana Centers work on The New Mathways Project, seewww.utdanacenter.org/mathways.
Connections: Real-life context & interpreting graphs
Start with dotplotsComparing graphs Interactive appletsPrerequisite Review SheetScaffolding questionsConnecting students to statistics
contextsMake up data to fit a scenario
Examples of Our Solutions
BrainstormWhat are some important concepts/skills your weaker students don’t have when they come to class?
Activity: How will you address this gap?1. Choose 1 concept/skill you think is important2. Prepare an outline of how you might address
this in your class in such a way that brings weaker students up to speed. This can be:
A class activity A class presentation/brief lecture A take-home assignment Part of a prerequisite review Addition to existing activity/lecture
3. What are some questions you can use to assess whether students are making the appropriate advances/connections?