Te Tauanga me te Tūponotanga - Statistics and Probability: usually taught in term 3 at our kura, as it aligns with other kaupapa such as cross country (great opportunities for measuring heart rates before and after running, and plotting on dot plots, or individual line graphs to show changes over the term) and worldwide events such as the Olympics. From a personal perspective, probability is my least favourite maths strand, and the one that I find the most difficult. As a year 8 teacher (which I have been for the last five years - only a short time really, in my 14 years of teaching!) I have to reteach myself every single third term so that I can teach the students. I can understand the basic principles of the topic, but probability trees in particular are my kryptonite. I was hoping that this session of the MPI would offer more insight or give me that aha! moment I need - maybe upon further exploration of the resources and planning on offer, I might still find it.
In terms of statistics, while I do find it easy in comparison to probability, it was great to learn about the different types of questions that we should be asking. Some of them call for higher order thinking which is awesome, and I will try to ensure that I include every type of question in my statistics planning from now on, along with opportunities to critically analyse data and graphs. I can see potential for integrating it with critical literacy, especially anything starting with "studies show that" or "according to the statistics"...
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