The Video Game

Lesson Content

• Lesson Plan Template:

  Model Eliciting Activity (MEA)

• Formative Assessment

  
  

  The teacher will:

  • Organize and explain material in ways appropriate to the students' abilities.
  • Open each session with a brief review of the previous session lesson and activities.
  • Give the students opportunities for questions, clarifications, and review.

• Feedback to Students

  
  

  The teacher will:

  • hold whole-class debriefing sessions to encourage general responses or pose specific questions about the project throughout the lesson.
  • use small group approach to answer students' questions on a one-to-basis.
  • use "teachable moment" to dispel misconceptions about the lesson.

• Summative Assessment

  
  
  • Ask the students to list key concepts or main ideas of the activity
  • Ask students to provide individual summary of the activity.
  • Hold debriefing sessions to encourage general responses or pose specific questions about the project.
  • Circulate a chain note to have students jot down main points or issues of the activity.

• Learning Objectives

  
  

  The students will be able:

  • to form valid conjectures based on the information in a data set.
  • to apply concepts of descriptive statistics to a given data set.
  • to compose a written report of their findings in a logical and coherent order.

• Prior Knowledge

  
  

  The students have a knowledge of:

  • calculating measures of central tendencies.
  • sketching and describe the shape of a box plot.
  • how to use a the statistics features of a graphing calculator

• Instructional Suggestions

  
  

  The teacher will:

  • initially present the lesson in a whole-group settting, providing the students with a framework of the activity.
  • divide the class in small groups of 3s to be able to accommodate one-one instruction for students having difficulties with the lesson.
  • use "teachable moments' to help students to stay on task.
  • pose questions that lack a single right answer.

• Supplemental Reading

  
  

  Students will review:

  • how to find the interquartile range of a data set to determine whether there are any outliers.
  • how to create a box plot on the graphing calculator.

• Guiding/reflective Questions

  
  
  1. Why do you think that?
  2. How do you know if you have an answer to the problem?
  3. Would your solution work in a different situation?
  4. What are the most important things to consider in your procedure?
  5. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?
  6. Do you agree or disagree with your classmates' ideas? Why or why not?

• Reading Passage 1

  
  

  Video Client Letter 1.docx

• Readiness Questions

  
  

  See Guiding/Reflective Questions

• Data Set 1

  
  

  Video_Data_Set_1a.docx

• Letter Template 1

  
  

  Dear _________________________________,
  
  Our team, ____________________________________________, has determined the following procedure to minimize the cost of erecting the fences:
  
  
  
  
  To create the most economical budget to meet your requirements, we used the following criteria:
  
  
  
  Sincerely,
  _________________________________

• Comprehension/readiness questions

  
  
  1. What is the problem?
  2. Who is the client?
  3. What is the client asking your team to do?
  4. What things do you need to include in your solution?
  5. Do you think there is more than one correct answer to what the client is asking? Why or why not?

• Reading Passage 2

  
  

  Video Client Letter 2.docx

• Data Set 2

  
  

  See data set 1.

• Letter Template 2

  
  

  Dear _________________________________,
  
  Our team, ____________________________________________, has determined the following procedure for the erecting the fences based on the new information :
  
  
  
  
  Our procedure for erecting the fence (did / did not) change. (If procedure changed, explain how and why. If procedure did not change, explain why not).
  
  
  
  
  The create the most economical budget you have outlined we used the following criteria:
  
  
  
  
  Sincerely,
  _________________________________

• Additional Instructions or Materials

  
  

  The students should be familiar with Microsoft Office:

  • Word (word processor)
  • Excel (spreadsheet)
  • Powerpoint (for presentation)

• Reflection question 2

  
  

  See Guiding/Reflective Questions.