Engaging students in meaningful discussions about data requires them to have an awareness of the data’s context (Why am I looking at the data?), an ability to describe and attend to details in data representations (What do I see in the plot? How are the data distributed? What is the variability in the data?), and opportunities to identify features within the data that are relevant to the claim or question at hand (What does this data tell me? How can I use it to answer my question?).
These classroom posters provide a collection of sentence starters to help guide student discussions focused:
Asking Questions and Exploring data
Analyzing, Interpreting, and Communicating data
Questions We Can Ask Each Other About Data
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Companion Resources & Services
Entryways to Data
This one-page resource highlights a data investigation process that includes multiple entryways for engaging learners in data-rich instruction.
Principles of Data-Rich Instruction
This resource highlights key principles for supporting data-rich learning for middle and high school students and provides examples of how they may be incorporated in classrooms.