To complete homework or not to complete homework ... that is the question. Decide whether it makes a difference on finals by doing homework. Individuals create a scatter plot and find a line of best fit for data on the percent of assignments completed and the final grade in a class. The project-based learning activity has two sets of data, one from a math class and the other from a geology class, to analyze.

Concepts

linear regression, scatter plots, linear functions, slope

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Edit the letters to be from the teacher and another teacher in the school to make them more relevant to the class

Classroom Considerations

• One of the letters contains actual data while the other has random data
• Pupils should know how to plot data on a scatter plot

Pros

• Includes instructions on how to create a scatter plot in Excel
• The handouts are in both Doc and PDF formats

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSS-ID.B.6.a HSS-ID.B.6.c HSS-ID.C.7 MP4 MP6