Developing Data Graph Comprehension

By Frances R. Curcio

30 Classroom-ready activities that emphasise exploration, investigation, reasoning and communication in mathematics. Since the dawn of civilisation, pictorial representations and symbols have been used to communicate simple statistics. Efficient and effective, they are still used today in the form of pictures and graphs to record and present data. Who can tie their shoes? How many calories are in your favourite food? Make data and graphs relevant and interesting to students with the help of Developing Data-Graph Comprehension. This book offers teachers and teacher educators practical ideas for incorporating graph reading and quantitative literacy into instructional programmes. Activities include objectives, vocabulary, materials, questions for discussion and ideas for summarising that are meant to guide students in data collection, representation and interpretation. Help your students learn to process information from the Internet, television, newspapers and magazines by giving them the ability to comprehend and interpret graphs and show them that "A picture is worth ten thousand words."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873536517
• ISBN13: 9780873536516
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 6.0"