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Data representations in a stem context: the performance of catapults
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Fitzallen, N and Watson, J and Wright, S and Duncan, B, Data representations in a stem context: the performance of catapults, Looking back, looking forward: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS10), 8-13 July 2018, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 4B2:1-6. (2018) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
STEM activities have the potential to embed statistics education in meaningful contexts in the elementary years of schooling. This paper reports on part of an extended activity where Grade 4 students were involved in learning about catapults, studying their behavior, and later attempting to improve their performance. After initially collecting data from launching ping pong balls with the catapults, students were given complete freedom to generate representations that could be used to analyze their data to report on the distance the balls travelled and the consistency over a number of trials. The results illustrate the breadth of graph-types students can create when given the opportunity to represent the data in ways most meaningful to them.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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| Keywords: | STEM, mathematical, statistics education, data representation |
| Research Division: | Education |
| Research Group: | Curriculum and Pedagogy |
| Research Field: | Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Teaching and Instruction |
| Objective Field: | Pedagogy |
| Author: | Fitzallen, N (Dr Noleine Fitzallen) |
| Author: | Watson, J (Professor Jane Watson) |
| Author: | Wright, S (Mrs Suzie Wright) |
| Author: | Duncan, B (Mr Bruce Duncan) |
| ID Code: | 127121 |
| Year Published: | 2018 |
| Funding Support: | Australian Research Council (DP150100120) |
| Deposited By: | Education |
| Deposited On: | 2018-07-11 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-12-07 |
| Downloads: | 3 View Download Statistics |
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