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  • Aug 4 2010 10:47 PM

    Ninfa Vega

    This resource was matched by a member of the Brokers of Expertise Standards matching team.

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  • Thinkfinity
  • Original Source:
    Illuminations

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Description

This resource from the Shodor Education Foundation, reviewed for grades 6-8 by Illuminations, is a lesson that introduces box plots and quartiles. An activity and discussion with supplemental exercises help students learn how data can be graphically represented. The lesson includes a link to an interactive box plot activity where students can select from several available data sets or input their own data. Read the full review on the Illuminations site, where you can access this resource directly.

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    Topics and Grades

    Grade: 6 to 8

    Topics: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, Probability

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    • Teacher Materials


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    Instructional Strategy

    Grouping: Large Group Instruction

    Teaching Method: Discussions; Hands-on Learning