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Mathematics: Statistics
Level indicator: Level 1 - Sort objects or whole number data and group these appropriately Level 2 - Present category and whole number data appropriately Level 3 - Present discrete data appropriately Level 4 - Preseant a wide range of statistical data appropriately Level 5 - Present comparative data in a variety of ways

Data display

Present category and whole-number data appropriately

 Statistics data display progression
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What the work shows

The task

The teacher provided the students with numerical data for the time (to the nearest second) it takes a class of students to run 100 metres. He set the task: "Make a display showing how fast the students in this class can run."

Images of student problem solving process

Yvonne's and Justine's shared work shows that they are able to:

  • produce a tally chart with the data sorted into groups
  • record the number in each group clearly and appropriately.

Images of student problem solving process

Zac's work shows that he is able to:

  • produce a bar graph with:
    • a title
    • axes, drawn to an appropriate scale and labelled
    • accurately and clearly plotted data.

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