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Stem-and-Leaf Plots Instructional VideoStem-and-Leaf Plots Instructional Video
Publisher
Anywhere Math
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Grade
6th - 9th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
8:52
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For Teacher Use
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Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategy
Direct Instruction
Technology
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Year
2015
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Instructional Video

Stem-and-Leaf Plots

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Keep the leaves on the stem for mathematical success. Using the lengths of telephone call data, an informative video goes through the steps to create a stem-and-leaf plot. The presenter shows how to read and interpret data in a stem-and-leaf plot. The video concludes with an explanation on how to represent decimals on a plot.

12 Views 7 Downloads

Concepts

stem and leaf plots, data organization, data display, data representations, data

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the video in a flipped classroom setting
  • Challenge pupils to create a stem-and-leaf plot that does not use the number of tens as the stem

Classroom Considerations

  • Pupils should know how to describe distributions
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Lists the steps to use in making a stem-and-leaf plot
  • Includes problems to work

Cons

  • None

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