 Student Review (Not based on classroom experience)Reviewer: Mike013, Nov 28 2005 8:20PM |
Review based on: I was developing a web lesson on graphical displays for a college course and was looking through different tools that could be useful. |
Appropriate for: applications of a concept or technique |
Other Comments: This tool allowed the user to view several data sets using a histogram. |
What math does one need to know to use the resource? One should be familiar with decimals and standard deviations and means. Student should be comfortable working with real numbers. |
What hardware expertise does one need to learn to use the resource? basic computer and internet skills |
How hard was it for you to learn? Ok |
Explanation: It took a little bit to explore the applet, but I liked all of the available options. |
Ability to meet my goals: Effective |
Recommended for: Math 5: Data analysis Math 6: Data analysis Math 7: Data analysis Probability & Statistics: Data and Distributions |
 Teacher Review (Based on classroom experience)Reviewer: WandaB, Aug 23 2004 10:12PM |
Classroom use in Courses and Topics: Math 7: Data analysis |
Duration of classroom use: One Class |
What did students learn? Students better understood the difference between a histogram and bar graph and when best to use that representation of data. |
What did students do with the resource? Students worked cooperatively to complete the classroom activities, created the appropriate graph, and used the java applet to check their answers. |
How hard was it for students to use? Very Easy |
Other classroom comments: What I particularly liked about this applet vs. others is the ability to define the size of the interval. |
Appropriate for: practice of skills and understandings, applications of a concept or technique |
Other Comments: Students enjoyed completing the worksheets and using the applet to create their graphs. |
What math does one need to know to use the resource? The basic premise of a bar graph and histogram.
How to organize data using intervals. |
What hardware expertise does one need to learn to use the resource? none |
What extra things must be done to make it work? none |
How hard was it for you to learn? Very Easy |
Explanation: The applet is very simple to manipulate and the lesson is very thorough. |
Ability to meet my goals: Very Effective |
Recommended for: Math 5: Data analysis Math 6: Data analysis Math 7: Data analysis |
Tool: Histogram Reviews