Principles of Learning BEST Cluster Project: Principles of Learning and Teaching in Action http://www.bestcluster.openlab.net.au Name POLT School Email address Neeru Salwan 3.1 ESC, Endeavour Hills Salwan.neeru.n@edumail.vic.gov.au Add details as requested above.

1. What was the teaching and learning challenge to which you responded 1. What was the teaching and learning challenge to which you responded? Which PoLT did you address? Uses Strategies that are flexible and responsive to the values, needs and interests of individual students. The biggest challenge I had with this particular class was the students engagement. To develop lessons which are engaging, fun and based on the students interest, I develop this particular activity to teach “DATA ANALYSIS” to year 8 students. Students were given a worksheet “GET TO KNOW YOU” In this worksheet students were asked to write down their interest and I found out they all have a interest in sports and I had also watched them play Basketball during Lunch. Write out the POLT being addressed in full. Add any additional information about why you have chosen this particular POLT and this particular unit of work.

2. What was the focus of the unit of work. i. e 2. What was the focus of the unit of work? i.e. Key Concepts; Understandings; Essential Questions? Focus of the unit of work was to teach students how to analyse a given data, to find out MEAN, MEDIAN, MODE and RANGE. The understandings I was seeking for my students was for them to be able to collect and analyse any given data for the above stated values. Include a list of key concepts, understandings and essential questions related to the unit of work, the VELS level and/or the POLT.

3. What could the students already do alone 3. What could the students already do alone? What did the students already know? Students knew how to play the Basket Ball Game and some of them knew how to calculate the Mean when they were given a PRE TEST on this chapter. Provide details regarding skills, competencies and previous knowledge as requested above.

4. How were the students assisted. eg 4. How were the students assisted? eg. scaffolding, modelling, questioning, mind maps etc. Show or list resources used and length of learning sequence. Students were taken out in the play ground and they were supposed to stand at a starting point of a circle. Each student was given a turn to throw the ball and every time some one gets the basket that person was moved to the next point until someone reached the final point and the game was stopped. Now students were asked about how many students were at each point. If there were more students at a particular point that was the MODE. Then students were again asked what was the maximum number and minimum number of students standing at particular points and the RANGE of the Data was explained. The median and Mean was explained on the board when we came back to class. Detail assistance provided, resources used and details about the timeline used for the unit of work. Add any changes you would suggest teachers make to improve the delivery of the unit following on from your experience.

5. Review. How successful was the learning sequence 5. Review. How successful was the learning sequence? What will the students do next? This activity was very successful and students enjoyed it a lot and they were all engaged . When students came back to class we did a second lesson on analysing their score on the Board and we found the MEAN , MEDIAN, MODE and Range of the DATA for their score and we had a winner who scored the most points. Students were given some time on computer to type the whole activity and make a graph using EXCEL Provide details about any feedback the students gave you about the unit of work, any survey results you feel are relevant, and how you plan to move forward with either the unit, the POLT or the VELS involved.

6. Evidence: Attach relevant classroom materials, worksheets, rubrics, surveys, photographs and student work. Attach appropriate materials as requested above.