Bring statistics to the front and center. An informative video describes how to find measures of center for numerical data. It covers the mean, the median, and the mode, as well as briefly mentions outliers.

Concepts

central tendency, mean, median, mode

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the video with learners struggling with measures of center
  

Classroom Considerations

• Video assumes students have calculators to add values
• Note that there is a separate video, Measures of Variation, that explains variability
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Shows all steps of work
• Descriptions are easy to understand
  

Cons

• Does not provide answers for the independent practice problems
  

Common Core

6.SP.B.5.c