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Tutoring 3: Learning to Make Bar Graphs

Grade Level: K-12

National Standards Connections

National Science Education Standards (NSES): Science as inquiry
  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
    • Use data to construct a reasonable explanation. (K-4)
    • Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data. (5-8)
    • Use mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry. (5-8)
    • Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications. (9-12)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Standards for School Mathematics: Data Analysis and Probability
  • Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them
    • Represent data using concrete objects, pictures, and graphs. (PK-2)
    • Represent data using tables and graphs such as line plots, bar graphs, and line graphs. (3-5)
    • Recognize the difference in representing categorical and numerical data. (3-5)
    • Select, create, and use appropriate graphical representations of data, including histograms, box plots, and scatterplots. (6-8)
  • Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data
    • Describe parts of the data and the set of data as a whole to determine what the data show. (PK-2)
    • Describe the shape and important features of a set of data and compare related data sets, with emphasis on how the data are distributed (3-5)
    • Use measurers of center, focusing on the median, and understand what each does and does not indicate abut the data set (3-5)
    • Compare different representations of the same data and evaluate how well each representation shows important aspects of the data (3-5)
    • Find, use, and interpret measures of center and spread, including mean and interquartile range (6-8)
    • Discuss and understand the correspondence between data sets and their graphical representations, especially histograms ... (6-8)
  • Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data

National Standards Connections

National Science Education Standards (NSES): Science as inquiry
  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
    • Use data to construct a reasonable explanation. (K-4)
    • Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data. (5-8)
    • Use mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry. (5-8)
    • Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications. (9-12)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Standards for School Mathematics: Data Analysis and Probability
  • Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them
    • Represent data using concrete objects, pictures, and graphs. (PK-2)
    • Represent data using tables and graphs such as line plots, bar graphs, and line graphs. (3-5)
    • Recognize the difference in representing categorical and numerical data. (3-5)
    • Select, create, and use appropriate graphical representations of data, including histograms, box plots, and scatterplots. (6-8)
  • Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data
    • Describe parts of the data and the set of data as a whole to determine what the data show. (PK-2)
    • Describe the shape and important features of a set of data and compare related data sets, with emphasis on how the data are distributed (3-5)
    • Use measurers of center, focusing on the median, and understand what each does and does not indicate abut the data set (3-5)
    • Compare different representations of the same data and evaluate how well each representation shows important aspects of the data (3-5)
    • Find, use, and interpret measures of center and spread, including mean and interquartile range (6-8)
    • Discuss and understand the correspondence between data sets and their graphical representations, especially histograms ... (6-8)
  • Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data
    • Construct and draw inferences from charts, tables, and graphs that summarize data from real-world situations. (NCTM) ?? This is simple and concise, but where is this stated this way in NCTM?
These standards are from the National Science Education Standards National Research Council. National Science Education Standards. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1996. http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/