 Teacher Review (Based on classroom experience)Reviewer: WandaB, Aug 23 2004 10:28PM |
Classroom use in Courses and Topics: Math 7: Data analysis |
Duration of classroom use: One Class |
What did students learn? Students were able to understand how to display data on a bar graph, to enter the data and label for each category, and how to choose an appropriate scale for their data. |
What did students do with the resource? Students conducted surveys and used this tool to create a bar graph of their data. |
How hard was it for students to use? Very Easy |
Other classroom comments: The students were able to use the applet with little assistance required. |
Appropriate for: introduction to a concept, practice of skills and understandings |
Other Comments: The tool would have been more useful if students had the flexibility to create multi-bar graphs. |
What math does one need to know to use the resource? How to organize data and create a bar graph. |
What hardware expertise does one need to learn to use the resource? none |
What extra things must be done to make it work? student supplied data |
How hard was it for you to learn? Very Easy |
Explanation: simple tool to create graphs and manipulate data. |
Ability to meet my goals: Effective |
Recommended for: Math 4: Data analysis Math 5: Data analysis Math 6: Data analysis Math 7: Data analysis |
Tool: Bar Graph Review