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Data representations (Year 8)

This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project' is for teachers who wish to consolidate and extend their content knowledge on the topic of collecting and interpreting data. There are sections that provide history and context for the topic, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 8
Audience	Teacher, School Leader
Purpose	Content knowledge
Format	Downloadable resources
Keywords	sample, data, variability, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Statistics
Topics	Data representation and interpretation
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M8ST01 Investigate techniques for data collection including census, sampling, experiment and observation, and explain the practicalities and implications of obtaining data through these techniques AC9M8ST03 Compare variations in distributions and proportions obtained from random samples of the same size drawn from a population and recognise the effect of sample size on this variation
Numeracy progression	Interpreting and representing data (P7)
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Organisation	AMSI
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