This document discusses data collection and analysis tasks. It defines these tasks as gathering real-world information to study and evaluate in order to reach a conclusion or solution. It describes data analysis as finding patterns and trends by classifying, sequencing, and relating information. Data collection is gathering existing data or collecting one's own data. Examples of data analysis tasks in different subject areas are provided, such as measuring plant growth over time in science or analyzing poetry structures in English. The document emphasizes that data analysis tasks make information more meaningful by requiring students to draw their own conclusions from raw materials.

1. Categories of tools For tasks
Gaining knowledge
Complete teaching and/or Showcase and apply
learning activities more knowledge
efficiently
Gather real world information
about to make decisions Interact, collaborate,
and connect with others
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2. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS TASKS
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3. DATA COLLECTION & ANALYSIS (DC&A) TASKS:
• Discussion Questions :
o What is your definition of “data analysis?” What do you
think of?
o What about “data collection?” What do you think of for
that?
o In your school experiences, when have you collected data?
Analyzed data?
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4. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS:
TASKS DEFINED
Data Collection and Analysis (DC&A) tasks:
o Tasks where students gather real world information about a problem and
study/evaluate to come up with a conclusion/solution for the problem.
Data analysis tasks
o Finding patterns & trends
o Working with words, ideas, and/or numbers
o Classify, sequence, relate things to each other
Data collection tasks
o Collecting your own data
o Finding existing data: gathering and collecting it
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5. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS:
ACROSS SUBJECT AREAS
• And tools for DC&A tasks help them do this.
But how does this work across subject areas and
grade levels…?
Discussion Question:
How can students in my subject area learn through
collecting data? Analyzing data?
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6. DATA ANALYSIS TASKS
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7. WHAT ARE DATA ANALYSIS TASKS?
• Its all about thinking about, moving around,
organizing and looking for patterns in data.
• Provide students with raw materials (facts, numbers,
words, etc)
• Asks them to draw conclusions and facts on their
own
• Not limited to numbers – it’s about patterns of all
types
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8. EXAMPLES OF ANALYZING DATA
• Taking measurements of three different plants over
the course of a month (science)
• Looking up the parties of presidential election
winners and recording them for each election year
(social studies)
• Looking at multiple poems and finding the common
meters, themes, structures, etc
• Measuring angles and using these measurements to
create “rules” for geometry
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9. Data collection and analysis:
across subject areas
• And tools for DC&A tasks help them do this.
But how does this work across subject areas and
grade levels…?
Think-Pair-Share – 3 minutes:
How can students in my subject area learn through
collecting data? Analyzing data?
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10. WHY BOTHER WITH DATA ANALYSIS TASKS?
• Analyzing your own data makes it more ‘real’
• Gives a visual way to view information (Ex: Wordle or
InspireData)
• It also teaches problem solving
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