During the first week of school we had a maths PD facilitated by Marie Hirst. She had some incredible ideas and the one that stuck out the most to me was her take on a statistical investigation. Due to this I chose to incorporate this into my teaching. This week we started the class wide statistical investigation based around getting to know the students better.
The first step was to split Post-It notes into quarters using a pen. From there four questions could be asked and the answers were recorded by students in the correct box on their paper. This was a very simple yet effective technique to engage my class. They thoroughly enjoyed having a hands-on task to complete.
The students then stuck these on the whiteboard to view everyone's answers. A class discussion brought out very useful and interesting conversations about their observations. The entire class engaged with the task and were participating in these rich conversations. I used a few talk points to keep the discussion flowing and to get more students involved. Although these conversations were student led which was fantastic to see. This was very successful as others would add on to individual's ideas.
This was my most successful lesson so far and the students really enjoyed themselves and have started to enjoy maths more. This will be taught over a few weeks and eventually they will do their own group investigation.
Here is a photo of the way in which they recorded their answers.
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