You can't see patterns in a jumble of numbers ... so organize them! Learners take a set of data and use a line plot to organize the numbers. From the line plot, they find minimum, maximum, mean, and make other conclusions about the data.

Concepts

line plots, dot plot, data, data analysis, graphing data, mean

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use examples to create a lesson presentation
• Make the data more meaningful by collecting information from your classes

Classroom Considerations

• Graph paper would be helpful for accuracy

Pros

• Expects individuals to analyze the data after creating the dot plots
• Scaffolds the process to allow for differentiation within classes

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSS-ID.A.1