Universal GPA

This lesson incorporates examples that are relevant to students' interests and uses diverse methods of presentation to demonstrate how changes in measures of variation can affect the measure of central tendency. The lesson utilizes the concept of grade point average (GPA) to create a real world example that student can relate to and apply. The lesson also includes a manipulative lab to demonstrate the idea of distribution of data as it relates to changing the value of a data point(s).
Resource ID#: 71191 Type: Lesson Plan
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General Information

Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 6
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Document Camera, Computer for Presenter, Internet Connection, LCD Projector
Instructional Time: 1 Hour(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: median, mean, range, lower extreme, upper extreme
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Unit/Lesson Sequence,  Worksheet,  Problem-Solving Task,  Assessment,  Project,  Presentation/Slideshow,  Text Resource,  Formative Assessment,  Student Center Activity
Resource Collection: FCR-STEMLearn Algebra

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