Unit Concept EDUC 623 Teaching Strategies: Secondary

Adapted from Wiggins & McTighe, Understanding by Design (p. 22)

 Stage 1: Identify Desired Results
HCPS and Common Core Standards
Unit Concept EDUC 623 Teaching Strategies: Secondary
MA.S.11.4 Recognize features of representations of data that can produce misleading
interpretations

MA.AL.12.1 Compare data sets using statistical techniques (e.g. measures of central tendency,
standard deviation, range, stem-and-leaf plots, and box-and-whiskers graphs)

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.ID.A.1
Represent data with plots on the real number line (dot plots, histograms, and box plots).

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.ID.A.2
Use statistics appropriate to the shape of the data distribution to compare center (median,
mean) and spread (interquartile range, standard deviation) of two or more different data sets.

Enduring Understandings Essential Questions

What are the big ideas addressed in this What provocative questions will foster
unit? inquiry, understanding, and transfer of
What is statistics and how are they used in learning?
my daily life? Statistics is used throughout EQ 1: How does the gender of an individual play a part
our lives but what does it really mean
when the average pay for a certain job is in the amount of money they are able to earn in the
$40,000.
same job?
Does the average pay mean that everyone
only gets paid that much? EQ 2: What is the best way to ensure equal pay for
What are some of the causes of the
women and men?
differences in pay?
EQ 3: Does statistics always tell the truth?
What specific understanding about them
are desired?
Some of the specific understandings that are
desired is the definitions of mean, median,
mode and when it would be appropriate to use
the each one. Also, why is the range of the
values of importance? The specific
understanding is for the students to gain
insight into what all of these numbers that are
constantly thrown at them in life actually
mean.

Students will know Students will be able to

What key knowledge will students acquire What key skills will students acquire as a
as a result of this unit? result of this unit?

Students will know the different types of Research ability and the ability to find their
averages and the appropriate time to use each own dream jobs and the wages associated
one. They will also learn about income with it.
inequality andAdapted from Wiggins
the differences in pay & McTighe,The
Understanding
students willbybeDesign
able to (p.
look22)at a graph
depending on the location. The students will and be able to understand what it means e.g.
be able to navigate the statistics that shows up X-axis, Y-axis, units and sources.