Kinesthetic Learning:
In Mr. Ho's MDM4U1 (Grade 12, Mathematics of Data Management) class, Mr. Ho provides his students with kinesthetic learning opportunities that connect the concepts of percentiles, quartiles, and sample standard deviations to real-life applications. His students got to move around to measure their heights, hand lengths, and shoe lengths, and then used the collected data to calculate percentiles, quartiles, and sample standard deviations.
Video Clip:
Here is a video clip that showcases the kinesthetic learning opportunities that Mr. Ho provided to his MDM4U1 students.
Activity #1: Percentiles of Your Heights
This activity gives students an opportunity to measure their height and then calculate the percentiles of their height compared to their classmates and to people worldwide.
Activity #2: Box Plot Showing the Spread of the Lengths of Your Hands in Class
This activity gives students an opportunity to measure the lengths of their hands and draw a box plot that allows them to see the spread of their hand lengths in the class.
Activity #3: Standard Deviations of Shoe Sizes in the Class
This activity gives students an opportunity to measure their shoe sizes and then calculate the standard deviations of their shoe sizes compared to the class.