{"id":849,"date":"2016-12-01T23:58:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T04:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coast2coast.me\/carl\/?p=849"},"modified":"2017-01-02T00:17:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T05:17:32","slug":"clog-kids-talked-about-what-they-wanted-to-talk-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coast2coast.me\/carl\/2016\/12\/01\/clog-kids-talked-about-what-they-wanted-to-talk-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Clog: Kids talked about what they wanted to talk about"},"content":{"rendered":"

This class, I wanted to have a conversation about possible topics that kids could be interested in for doing a data analysis. I was nervous that the kids wouldn’t pick engaging topics, so I planned an open conversation<\/a> that would allow them to bring their ideas forward. This is how the class went.<\/p>\n

It Went Well<\/h4>\n

The class went pretty well. Saying\u00a0a class or a meeting merely “went well” isn’t usually my favorite measure. It translates to “didn’t provide anyone with undue emotional strain, but wasn’t that\u00a0noteworthy either.” I’d have liked to have more tangible takeaways\u00a0but an exit ticket asking:\u00a0“Will you eventually come to loathe the research topic we discussed today, this project, and everything about math?” might not give valuable data.<\/p>\n

Class began finishing discussing the sampling activity that we did in the last class. I then picked a few presidential polls<\/a> and asked the kids to read their descriptions of their sampling methodology. My inital plan was to have them just skim it, \u00a0but in the moment I decided to ask people to read different parts and then share out what stood out to them. We then\u00a0talked about the different sample sizes and strategies\u00a0that these professional surveys use, and how they relate to these differences in\u00a0our sampling exercise yesterday. We also talked about this whole mysterious “margin of error” that each group saw and said we’ll get back to after we talk about Standard Deviation.<\/p>\n\n\n