This annotated exemplar helps teachers to support the literacy and language learning of students in mathematics and statistics.
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Curriculum: Level 7 - Statistical Investigation
Students will: carry out investigations of phenomena, using the statistical enquiry cycle:
Secondary literacy exemplars teaching and learning responses: these notes provide assistance in supporting students to develop their writing at this level.
This example was taken from a 2012 Achievement Standard 91265 - Conduct an experiment to investigate a situation using statistical methods
Exemplar Annotation Mathematics and Statistics Level 2 AS 91266 (PDF 101KB)
In this assessment activity the students conducted an experiment using statistical methods to investigate the factors affecting human movement or how human movement affects something else. The movement may have been small muscle movement such as handwriting or large muscle movement such as running. The students carried out their investigation, collected and analysed data, and then presented their findings in a written report.
Students need to use writing to explain concepts, processes, and theories relevant to curriculum tasks. They need to express increasingly sophisticated ideas and information, incorporate specialized vocabulary, and structure their responses according to purpose and audience.
Published on: 09 May 2016
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