1. Excel: Unlimited Possibilities Graphs, Imputing Data, and Automatic Calculations Secondary Mathematics Pre-School Inservice Cape Coral High School August 3, 2006

3. Importance of Run Chart? Graph progress over time. Shows progress toward a stated goal. Increases student success. Easy for students to graph own progress.

4. Do Not Give Students Permission to Forget  Graph student success on math vocabulary.  A quiz will be given every other week.  The quiz will be charted in a Histogram.  Share the chart and plan to increase student success.  L to J chart

5. What is a Scatter Diagram? Confirm a relationship between two variables. Test for possible cause and effect. Students’ attendance records and FCAT levels.

6. Advantages of Radar Chart Major assessment for a school on 1 paper Easily compare tests to tests Shows movement of success and failure Compare current year to previous years.

7. Purpose of Pareto Chart To identify frequency of events. Rate events frequency from greatest to least.

8. Track Student Progress with a Run Chart

9. Gathering Data Step 1: Gather your data. For example, the total number of correct answers by a class on a given series of spelling or math tests. Total the correct number of answers for your 20 students on a series of tests. 20 students x 20 items per test = 400 total possible answers. Test 1 -350 answers correct Test 2 -360 answers correct Test 3-375 answers correct Test 4-365 answers correct Test 5-385 answers correct Test 6 - 390 answers correct Test 7 -400 answers correct

10. Enter the Data in a Spreadsheet Open a new worksheet in Excel Enter your data:

11. Making the Run Chart Highlight the data ‘To highlight, Click cell A2 and then hold the left mouse button down as you drag the cursor down to last cell’ A2 Last Cell

12. Open the Chart Wizard Click the Chart Wizard

13. Step 1 of the Chart Wizard Click the type ‘Line’ and then ‘Next’

14. Step 2 of the Chart Wizard Type “Total Number of Correct Answers” next to Name: Click ‘Next’

15. Step 3 of the Chart Wizard Label your graph

16. Step 4 of the Chart Wizard Click whether to have your chart be an object in your worksheet or a separate worksheet. Click ‘Finish’

17. Here is the Run Chart

18. Increase Student Learning with a Histogram Chart

19. Data Collection Using Vocabulary Quizzes Make a list of the vocabulary that students need to learn for background knowledge for the entire year (example: 100 words). Write each word on a separate index card and place them in a fish bowl. Give a quiz bi-weekly on a sampling of words pulled randomly from the fish bowl. The sampling should equal the square root of the total number of words (example: the square root of 100 is 10).

20. Quiz Give the quiz. Put the results in an Excel Spreadsheet. Create a bar graph (Histogram) to illustrate your results. Share and discuss your results with the class.

21. Creating a Histogram Chart in Excel

22. Entering Data into Excel. Open a new worksheet in Excel. Enter your data.

23. Highlight Data To highlight, click Cell A1, then hold the left mouse down as you drag the cursor down to the last data cell in the column. A1 Last data cell

24. Click on the Chart Wizard Click ‘Next’, then Click ‘Next’ again..

25. Click Next. Bi-Weekly Quiz 1 Scores Number of Students Type in Chart Titles

26. Choosing your Chart Location: If you choose the default As object in: it will place it one your spreadsheet. If you choose As new sheet: it will save it as a separate sheet.

27. Right Click on X axis (scores) Click on Series 1. Press delete.

28. Use the arrow keys to change the degrees to 45. Click OK.

29. Finished Histogram for Bi-Weekly Quiz 1

30. Feedback Ask students.. ”How can we improve our scores on our next quiz?” Help the class to agree on a plan to improve. Continue to give a quiz every other week throughout the school year. Discuss the results of each quiz using the histogram.

31. Finished Histogram for Bi-Weekly Quiz 18

32. L Chart J Chart

33. Now choose one graph to try on your own: Pareto Chart Scatter Diagram Radar Chart

34. Pareto Chart Data FCAT Errors by subtest for one student StrandFrequency of Errors Percentage of Errors Cumulative Percentage Geometry7 Measurement5 Algebra5 Number Sense4 Data Analysis3 Total24 100%

35. Scatter Diagram Data Sopris-West Algebra Readiness Score vs. FCAT Level Student NumberAlgebra ScoreFCAT Level 1965 2644 3685 4865 5714 6865 7824 8795 9683 10464 11502 12391 13211 14543 15612

36. Radar Chart Data