2. WHAT ARE DATA ANALYSIS TASKS?
• It’s all about organizing and looking for patterns in
data.
o Provide students with raw materials
• facts, numbers, words, etc
o Asks them to draw conclusions on their own (based on the
data)
o Not limited to numbers – it’s about patterns of all types
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4. MORE EXAMPLES OF ANALYZING DATA
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Taking measurements of three different plants over the course of a month
(science)
Looking up the parties of presidential election winners and recording them for each
election year (social studies)
Looking at multiple poems and finding the common meters, themes, structures
(ELA)
Measuring angles and using these measurements to create “rules” for geometry
(math)
Using surveys to compare favorite style of music, favorite instrument, favorite
concept studied in Music Appreciation class across grade levels (Fine Arts)
Children use the balance scale to compare a variety of small objects and determine
which item is heavier and record it on the sheet (early childhood)
Investigating the number of football related deaths in high schools across the
country for the past 30 years to detect trends (Health/Physical Education)
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5. WHY BOTHER WITH DATA ANALYSIS TASKS?
• Analyzing your real data makes learning more
meaningful
• Provides a visual way to view information (Ex: Wordle
or InspireData)
• It also teaches problem solving
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7. TOOLS FOR DATA ANALYSIS
• Numbers, Tables and
Graphs
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InspireData
Excel
Google Spreadsheets
Tinkerplots (4th – 8th
grade)
o Fathom
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• Visualizing verbal data
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Wordle
Tagxedo
Excel/Spreadsheets
Visualization Tools
(Mashable)
12. How can a tool like this be used in the classroom?
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Editor's Notes
Data Analysis TasksLooking for patterns or trendsClassifying, sequencing, categorizingDoesn’t have to be complicated to be effective!Can be done with collected data or database dataIt’s all about thinking about, moving around, organizing and looking for patterns in data.
For the first example, it contains different science project ideas for teachers to design kids science projects. For example, the project: Why do leaves change color in the fall? Students can use chromatography to separate the colors in a leaf, observe how light affects color development and so on..The video(0:00~3:15): Student exercise for Statistical Analysis to Rank Baseball Players
Based on your students’ subject area, pick up some examples to talk.Examples of analyzing dataDistributing survey of height, weight, and gender (math/statistics)Plotting various combinations of the data for statistical analysis or “eyeball testing”Taking measurements of three different plants over the course of a month (science)Plotting the growth and comparingLooking up the parties of presidential election winners and recording them for each election year (social studies)Creating a timeline of the winners and major historical events and looking for patterns
Letting students analyze their own data instead of “just telling them the rule/pattern” adds authenticityIt gives students a chance to look at unifying themes (Ex: Wordle) or visual representations of many details (InspireData)It also teaches problem solving - they won’t always have you to tell them the rule or pattern! If the student can figure out the
These tables are a good example of what the students will be looking at on their computers during a given lesson. The simplicity of the program aloows for creation of such tables in mere seconds given a sufficient list of data. Within a few clicks from our toolbar, students can easily relate different data sets to explore and discover new information. After gathering results, the student can easily manipulate each table using the Separate or Stack tools. Students can even place new data sets into the same table to seek different results and explore new relations. Or if the data sets given don't fit the criteria to answer a question given, students can use formula tables to creat new assets to dive deeper into the relations given. Tinkerplots is a simple yet creative program that engages students in efficient data organization, and could be a very useful technology in today's classroom. Teachers shoud take note of the simplistic nature of the program, and try to develope challenging questions along with the data and activity they give to the class. Make sure to challenge the student to use all his tools to critically analyze the material given. Problem solving skills can be highly developed with such an intuitive program as Tinkerplots.
US Constitution.
MacBeth. Shakespeare./ Also talk about wordle is good for foreign language learning
This Wordle was created from the NETS-T standard. The larger words are the words that are repeated most often.
