Classes are numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4īACKGROUND The data is in an excel file. 15 students got the regular math instruction in each class, and 15 students got an additional 15 minutes of class instruction on the same concept using “patterning”.ħ The data is in an excel file.

requests can be found at:Ħ Scenario: Apparently the Ministry of Education conducted their study on four classes of 30 students. The data is now hosted at Syllabus links / Data sets and reports / data assignment File name: ib_biology_data_assignment.xlsx note: More on F.O.I.

They decline to give you the data so you file a freedom of information request and after paying a deposit on the processing fee you got your data. They say that in a pilot program there was a 5% gain for all students and that all classes did better with patterning.ģ “There was a 5% gain for all students!”Ĥ You, being a student with critical thinking skills asked to see the data.ĥ The data is now hosted at

Presentation on theme: 'Data!.'- Presentation transcript:Ģ Scenario The Ministry of Education has come up with a newfangled education strategy based on patterning to teach math.