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Mean, Median & Mode. Dana Quinones EDU 6305. Table of Contents. Objective WV Content Standards Guiding Questions Materials Vocabulary Introduction Procedure Closure Helpful Tips Assessment. Objective.
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Mean, Median & Mode Dana Quinones EDU 6305
Table of Contents • Objective • WV Content Standards • Guiding Questions • Materials • Vocabulary • Introduction • Procedure • Closure • Helpful Tips • Assessment
Objective • The students will understand key vocabulary necessary for calculating the mean, median and mode of a given set of data and calculate each.
WV CSO’s M.O.5.5.4 Collect and analyze data using mean, median and mode to determine the best statistical measure.
Guiding Questions • What is mean, median, and mode? • How do you calculate mean, median, and mode?
Materials • Nine index cards with numbers on them • Computer • Power Point Lesson Plan
VOCABULARY • Data: Collected information • Mean: The number found by adding all the data and dividing by the number of data. Often called the average. • Median: The is the middle number. • Mode: The is the data value that occurs most often.
Introduction • Students will arrive to class and nine random students will be handed an index card with a number on it. • The numbers will range from 1 to 15. • Students will be asked to stand and order themselves from least to greatest. • Students will be asked if they know the what data, mean, median and mode is and they will be given 1 minute think time as a group.
Procedure • Class will discuss think time ideas of definition • Class will view power point slide for mean, median and mode (stopping with the vocabulary slide). • Class will identify the median of the student cards. • Class will identify the mode of the student cards. • Class will total amount of student cards, count the number of cards and divide to determine the mean.
Procedure Continued • Students will be placed in group of five and survey group members for the month of their birthday. • Groups will calculate the mean, median and mode of this data.
Closure • Class will review vocabulary. • Remind about vocabulary by using helpful hints power point slide. • Review how to determine mean, median and mode.
Tips To Help You Remember • The mode occurs most often. • The median is in the middle. • The mean is the average.
Assessment • Students will be given a sheet of paper with two set of data. One set will include seven numbers and the other will include 10 numbers • Students will sort each set individually from least to greatest. • They will calculate the mean, median and mode.