So we've been working in class on surveys and action research and we've started working on the data analysis today. The kids have already done mean, median and mode but I wanted to push them so I wanted them to actually find the standard deviation.
Just a quick definition standard deviation is the variance from the mean of the data. So I broke it down to six steps and for most of my classes these six steps weren't too hard, but were time consuming. However as I was going over the information one student looked up and said does that say standard division?
I was kind of taken aback, I double checked my powerpoint and no it said standard deviation, but the learner was convinced at first that it was standard division. I tried not to but I found this funny. I'm not sure if this was just the right time for it or what but it struck me at the time as funny. I played it off in class and we carried on. I enjoyed today, but my last class of the day struggled some. It's my lowest level of learners, but even in their struggles a few of my students in that class caught on and worked really hard and did very well. I had them use calculators and that extra help seemed to empower them to do their best.
more to come
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