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Mr. Brigg's Class Likes Math Lesson PlanMr. Brigg's Class Likes Math Lesson Plan
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Illustrative Mathematics
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6th - 8th
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Mr. Brigg's Class Likes Math

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A quick discussion question that brings some collaboration into your classroom will allow your thinkers to make a decision about sampling. Mr. Briggs wants to know if the results from his class are a valuable comparison to the entire school. Open up this question to the possibilities why or why not and have your learners explore how to find a random sample. 

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Concepts

random sampling

Additional Tags

population sample, random sample, math

Pros

  • Discussion question
  • Open-ended answers

Cons

  • Quick problem
  • Need prior knowledge of sampling

Common Core

7.SP.A.1 MP3

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