Monday, December 16, 2013

Connecting Math to Real Life to Understand 'Data Handling'

Students of grade 8 G connected math to real-life context by completing an assignment on Data Handling. They chose a research question from the following:

Is Math more important than Art?
How much do people recycle?
Are teenagers affected by advertising?
How do people's spending habits change as they get older?
Do teenagers have a good diet?

Then they planned a way to collect real-time data by selecting their sample from a defined population, carefully drafted research questions, collected the data and represented them pictorially. Finally, they presented their data in the form of a PPT before the class. The process not only helped the students understand the different steps in handling data and making a connection with real-life context but also was a lot of fun!




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