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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.

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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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