Charita+Kimbrough

Stories that Teach ** I would like the students to be able to determine the mode of sets of data at the end of the project.
 * Charita Kimbrough
 * What do you want the students to know at the end of the project?**

The students need to be familiar with measures of central tendency which include the mode, median, mean, and range. Students should also be able to create a table and line graph to represent a set of data.
 * What do the students need to know before they start on the story?**

The story will begin with a girl, Ann, whom has just had a nightmare. Her mother runs into her bedroom immediately after hearing her daughter's scream. During the story, Ann tells her mother a few details about the nightmare.
 * How will you introduce the story?**

I used "Goanimate" to create the video and "Audacity" to upload voice.
 * What kind of technology tool(s) did you use?**

I will assign each student to a partner. Each pair will receive a copy of a college basketball team's points per game for the season. The students will create a table and line graph to represent their team's points per game. Next, each pair will determine the mode, mean, median, and range of the data. Finally, each student should write two statements to explain their data based on the table and line graph.
 * How will you assess the the students' understanding of what you have taught using your story?**

Multiple Representation Principle: It is better to present an explanation in words and pictures than solely in words.** In my story, the "teacher" provided a verbal explanation for mode along with visual images to represent the mode.
 * How does your story reflect Mayer's Principles?

words and pictures contiguously rather than separately** In my story, I used very little on screen text. When I used on screen text, corresponding pictures were presented along with the on screen text.
 * Contiguity Principle: When giving a multimedia explanation, present corresponding

extraneous words and pictures** In my story, I used very few words and pictures to teach "mode". I did not include words or pictures that are irrevelant to "mode".
 * Coherence Principle: When giving a multimedia explanation, use few rather than many

"Goanimate" provided the animation and "Audacity" allowed me to provide the narration. Since I was able to upload voice into "Goanimate", I used very little on screen text with my animations.
 * Modality Principle and Redundancy Principle: Students learn better from animation and narration than from animation and on screen text**

The design effects for my story were stronger since many of my students have weaknesses in reading. I developed a story that would be simple to review the word "mode" that does not require students to read or be involved in a complex task.
 * Individual Differences Design effects are stronger for low knowledge learners than high knowledge learners and high spatial learners than low spatial learners**


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