SEMESTER 3 SUBJECT TOPIC 3 : : BASIC MATHEMATICS SMART STATISTICS (1 CREDIT/15 HOURS)

SYNOPSIS This course aims to promote research and development as a tool in professional growth. The teaching and learning activities should provide multiple experiences to learning. Learning experiences should include practical experiences, gathering information through internet, managing data and documentation of findings. LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of this topic, students will be able to: 1. collect and organize data and construct visual to represent data 2. interpret information and make inferences from the visuals prepared 3. resource evidences to substantiate inferences. SUBTOPICS AND ALLOCATION OF TIME 3.1 Visual representations, central tendencies, cumulative frequency distributions and distribution curves Comparing sets of data Coursework 6 Hours

3.2 3.3

6 Hours 3 hours

Total

15 hours

KNOWLEDGE 3.0 SMART STATISTICS 3.1 Visual Representations of Data, Central Tendencies, Cumulative Frequency Distributions (6 hours)

SKILLS

TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCE

To collect, organize and Suggested Contextual Focus: display/represent data through Analysis of weekly television visual illustrations such as programmes. pictographs, pie charts, line Identifying patterns of plots, scatter plots, frequency homogeneity or tables, histograms, bar graphs heterogeneity, and frequency polygons. conformity/non-conformity within sets of data, example To interpret information from test scores, hobbies, food visual representation of data preferences. with regards to current issues substantiated by documented evidences To compare two or more sets of data so as to identify similarities and differences exist between these sets. Suggested Contextual Focus: Analysing and comparing two or more sets of achievement scores Teaching and Learning approach: Investigating Mathematics Teaching and Learning Strategies: Cooperative Learning Collaborative Learning Inquiry-Discovery Approach Media-centred Approach Practical Activity Method Students will conduct surveys in small groups to fulfil assignments as stipulated by task requirements. Surveys may focus on realistic issues such as subject preferences; television programmes/viewing preferences and spending habits. Thinking skills: Visualising, predicting, inferring, interpreting, analysing Values: Fairness, responsible ICT:

3.2

Comparing Sets of Data (6 hours)

3.3

Coursework (3 hours)

To apply the skills of collecting, managing and representing data using suitable visual representations and documentation of a survey/research project.

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