Thursday 12 December 2013

Math30S Application to the Real World


Students in Mr. Goetz's Math 30SA class presented their projects investigating real life applications of their understanding the concepts of T-charts, Z- scores, Mean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation and  Bell Curve.  Topics investigated included;  Who's your Friend on Facebook,  NHL Goal for the Year, Number of Children in a Family, Number of Hours a Grade 11 Student plays Video Games, The Soccer Cleats, The Average Height of a Teen, NHL Goals Against Per Game and Hours of TV Watching.  Students were able to share their findings and it provided an effective way of assessing students' understanding of these concepts.


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