Calculating Central Tendency and an Introduction to Variability Lesson Plan Information | Lesson Plan Activities | Printable version (including handouts) (PDF)

Standard Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate Outcomes Students will use mean, median and mode; calculate range, quartiles, inter-quartiles, variance and standard deviation for a data set.

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors      math Roles      Family, Worker, Community Member Program Type(s)      GED, Workforce Education, Urban, Rural, Corrections NRS Learner Levels (ABE/GED)       6 Time Frame       6 hours Technology Integration Average or Central Tendency: Arithmetic Mean, Median, and Mode Range, Variance and Standard Deviation as Measures of Dispersion

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Purposeful, Transparent, Contextual, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent Students will use the concepts of central tendency to make decisions about a real-life situation. The teachers presents central tendency terminology and give examples of each as they work the problems together. Contextual The culminating activity asks students to work in teams to create judging criteria for a paper airplane contest, then to present their plan to a client. Building Expertise Students are introduced to central tendency terminology - mean, median, mode, range, quartile, population, variance sample, standard deviation - and then given opportunity to practice the concepts to gain mastery.

Lesson Designer Frank Wagel Project Learn of Summit County (330) 434-9461 fwagel@projectlearnsummit.org

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