Session 3 - Interpreting Shape, Center and Spread

Directions:

1. Students will use the Height Activity & Answers and finish the second part of the activity.
2. Detailed directions are included on the activity worksheet. 
3. Students working in pairs will complete this part and discuss how to find the statistical concepts of minimum, maximum, median, quartile 1, and quartile 3
4. Then, lead a discussion on what each of those concepts means in the context of the student’s heights.

Focus: MP5: Use appropriate tools strategically and MP6: Attend to precision

Directions:

1. Students can work with partners (or work alone if doing this with one individual)  to find the answers to the statistical concepts.
2. Students found measures of the center from the Center of Action Activity, but the meaning of the data points may be new to them. It is good for them to think about what numbers mean in context. 
3. As students are working on Part 2 of the Height Activity, be sure that they can accurately find the minimum, maximum, median, quartile 1, and quartile 3. 
4. Test Data Activity & Answers (this assignment will be coming up later, but it has many data sets where you can choose one to practice with)
5. You can keep track of students’ work on a paper tracker. This is a good chart to use: Progress Monitoring Tool #2.