Week 3

This week we have continued our discussion of measures of central tendencies as well as the z-score. I really enjoy talking about these because it helps students become more critical of the statistics they are presented. Using the measures of central tendencies and the z-score, I encourage my students to examine flyers and adds to Gauge if the message they are being presented is accurate. This fosters their development as an analytical world participant. This also increase their core content knowledge by requiring them to select a point of view and express their ideas orally or on paper, which fits the NCTM standards. Similarly, the project we were asked to complete for class by comparing pre- and post-test scores of a study for 6 different test. I hope that people in our class are not feeling as overwhelmed. When we start bringing the equations aspect of stats, that is when I love it. Give me a good equation any day! We'll see what we get this week.