Measures of Central Tendency Doodle Notes (Mean, Median, Mode, & Range)
Mean, Median, Mode, and Range (Measures of Central Tendency): "doodle notes" - visual note taking pages with interactive tasks for building stronger retention of measures of center (mean, median, mode, and range) for your middle school statistics unit in Pre-Algebra
Boost your students' focus and memory! The blend of graphic and linguistic input in these guided visual notes helps students' brains to convert the information to long-term memory more easily.
When students color or doodle in math class, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. There are proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity:
- new learning
- relaxation (less math anxiety)
- visual connections
- better memory & retention of the content!
Students fill in the sheets, answer the questions, and color, doodle or embellish. Then, they can use it as a study guide later on.
Content includes:
- What are measures of central tendency?
- How to find mean, median, mode, and range
- Special cases - more than one mode, averaging two middle numbers to find a median, etc.
- When each measure is best (outliers, etc.)
- Example for each
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Visual note taking strategies like sketch notes or doodle notes are based on dual coding theory. When we can blend the text input with graphic/visual input, the student brain processes the information differently and can more easily convert the new learning into long-term memory.
This strategy also integrates the left and right hemispheres of the brain to increase focus, learning, and retention!
1 page is included, plus an answer key, sample, and info.
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Reviews from other teachers:
-My students really enjoyed this doodle note in class. We went through it together as a whole class. Both my higher learners and low learners could follow along. This product was very engaging.
-I used this resource with my Algebra Part A students. They were engaged and enjoyed doodling while I was teaching the lesson. I would recommend this resource for a class that needs a little something extra in order to keep the class learning the lesson being taught.
-I teach Mean, Median, Mode, and Range to my 5th graders after testing to help prepare them for 6th grade. They love doodle notes and had a great time with this one.
-I love doodle notes and so do my students. This is the only review that I use with my high school students to review mean, median, and mode.
-Engaging and helpful during distance learning for my son. He enjoyed the graphics and it helped to keep him engaged while learning and reviewing.
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