{"id":3902,"date":"2022-03-16T17:49:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/lumen-danacenter-statsmockup\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=3902"},"modified":"2022-03-17T05:01:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T05:01:40","slug":"instructor-guide-corequisite-support-calculating-quantitative-distributions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/lumen-danacenter-statsmockup\/chapter\/instructor-guide-corequisite-support-calculating-quantitative-distributions\/","title":{"raw":"Instructor Guide Calculating the Mean and Median of a Dataset: Corequisite Support","rendered":"Instructor Guide Calculating the Mean and Median of a Dataset: Corequisite Support"},"content":{"raw":"<em>While this support activity is designed for a face-to-face, synchronous delivery, it should be noted that supporting text and interactive examples have been embedded in the digital assignment page to assist asynchronous or hybrid course delivery and to be made more accessible to students performing make-up work.<\/em>\r\n<h2>Suggested instructional plan for synchronous active-learning<\/h2>\r\nIn the upcoming preview assignment, students will need to read and interpret\u00a0histograms in order to make estimations of the mean and median. This corequisite\u00a0support activity will review reading and interpreting graphs that display the distribution of\u00a0quantitative data (e.g., dotplots and histograms).\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Students can work in pairs or small groups to complete this support activity.\u00a0Consider re-grouping as a class after each problem to address questions or\u00a0areas of confusion.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>If students struggle to connect the height of the histogram with frequency (since\u00a0individual data values are now aggregated), consider connecting them back to\u00a0Questions 1 - 3 and their reasoning with dotplots.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Given the numerical values displayed on the histograms, students could struggle\u00a0to identify the widths of intervals. Consider going over how to calculate and\/or\u00a0estimate the widths of the intervals.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Question 11 could spark good discussion on the various ways to interpret\u00a0the meaning of \u201cmissing more classes.\u201d This could be a natural transition into the\u00a0preview assignment, where students will calculate mean and median.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>In Question 14, try to elicit different ways to arrive at the answer. For\u00a0example, all cereals have either less than 200 mg of sodium OR 200 or more mg\u00a0of sodium. Therefore, students can use their answer from Question 13 to answer Question 14. The total number of cereals is 20, so 20\u22127 (the answer from Question 13) = 13.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p><em>While this support activity is designed for a face-to-face, synchronous delivery, it should be noted that supporting text and interactive examples have been embedded in the digital assignment page to assist asynchronous or hybrid course delivery and to be made more accessible to students performing make-up work.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Suggested instructional plan for synchronous active-learning<\/h2>\n<p>In the upcoming preview assignment, students will need to read and interpret\u00a0histograms in order to make estimations of the mean and median. This corequisite\u00a0support activity will review reading and interpreting graphs that display the distribution of\u00a0quantitative data (e.g., dotplots and histograms).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students can work in pairs or small groups to complete this support activity.\u00a0Consider re-grouping as a class after each problem to address questions or\u00a0areas of confusion.<\/li>\n<li>If students struggle to connect the height of the histogram with frequency (since\u00a0individual data values are now aggregated), consider connecting them back to\u00a0Questions 1 &#8211; 3 and their reasoning with dotplots.<\/li>\n<li>Given the numerical values displayed on the histograms, students could struggle\u00a0to identify the widths of intervals. Consider going over how to calculate and\/or\u00a0estimate the widths of the intervals.<\/li>\n<li>Question 11 could spark good discussion on the various ways to interpret\u00a0the meaning of \u201cmissing more classes.\u201d This could be a natural transition into the\u00a0preview assignment, where students will calculate mean and median.<\/li>\n<li>In Question 14, try to elicit different ways to arrive at the answer. For\u00a0example, all cereals have either less than 200 mg of sodium OR 200 or more mg\u00a0of sodium. Therefore, students can use their answer from Question 13 to answer Question 14. 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