Impress me with the Statistics you know

This was a very simple task that involved little preparation, but whose outcomes were an effective tool for APP. In a previous lesson I collected data on gender, shoe size, height and eye colour. Using this I then introduced the task by asking the students to impress me with all the Statistics they knew. I did this with a mixed ability Year 7 group over 3 x 1hr lessons; students were put into same level pairs/small groups and asked to design a poster demonstrating their statistical knowledge.

Resources: Power point presentation (see slides), copy of data sheet (included), level ladder (included), paper/sugar paper, colouring pens/pencils, scissors, glue, protractor, compass, calculator.

Reflections: The aim of the activity is to encourage independent and collaborative learning. During each lesson I did not help students with how to do any of the statistical calculations/graphs etc, I did however encourage them to help each other and also guided them to where they may find out how to, for example, draw a pie chart.

At the end of each lesson students were given a level ladder and asked to decide what level they felt they were working at now, they were then asked to write down what they needed to do to in order improve/extend their work and move up a level.