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Why do we need them? Can we trust them? How do we get to know them well?. Numbers as Story Tellers. http://www.fno.org/oct04/numeracy.ppt.htm. What’s the story here?. What’s the story here?. 1969 1976 1925 1922 1937 1973 1933 1948 1944 1904 1981 1872 1918 1860 1960 1876
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Why do we need them? Can we trust them? How do we get to know them well? Numbers as Story Tellers http://www.fno.org/oct04/numeracy.ppt.htm
What’s the story here? • 1969 • 1976 • 1925 • 1922 • 1937 • 1973 • 1933 • 1948 • 1944 • 1904 • 1981 • 1872 • 1918 • 1860 • 1960 • 1876 • 1980 • 1967 • 1974 • 1977 • 1979 • 1981 • 1978 Founding Dates of NZ Wineries • 1975 • 1980 • 1973 • 1974 • 1943 • 1902 • 1947 • 1942 • 1937 • 1983 • 1934 • 1936 • 1935 • 1902 • 1937 • 1961 • 1979
Do Numbers Ever Lie? “Life is getting better!”
Maths vs. Numeracy • The doing • Memorized patterns • Cooking by recipe ------ vs. ------- • Figuring stuff out • Solving unusual problems • The bigger picture of literacies and understanding • Cooking for real • Weaving webs of meaning
Numbers: What are they good for? • Counting • Describing • Measuring • Mixing • Building • Cooking • Planning • Predicting • Accounting • Selling • Understanding • Digging to China? • Finding the difficult truth? • Telling stories
Why bother? • Consumer issues • Citizenship issues • Employment issues • Invention and discovery issues • Others?
Home-Made Collections • Pets • Patterns of behavior • Interviews • Experiments • Observations
BOM • What can we do with all those numbers?
What are the Questions? The BOM provides lessons that might prove useful.
Exploring vs. Describing • What’s going on? • What’s the story? • What is really happening?
Figuring Out vs. Describing Why do you suppose?
Predicting vs. Describing What are the chances that X will happen?
Critiquing vs. Accepting • Challenging • Debunking • Wondering • Analyzing Life is getting better!
Numeracy in the News http://ink.news.com.au/mercury/mathguys/mercury.htm
Chance and Data from MANSW http://hsc.csu.edu.au/pta/mansw/chance.htm
EDNA Theme Page http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page456.html
Crunching NumbersExploring the World with Data http://fnopress.com/CRUNCH.htm