Developing+questions+with+Ms.+D

=Put a Short Activity/Lesson/Project Title Here=

Each group comes up with a list of five questions. (Teacher creates a Google Doc which includes all the URLs of the forms from each table. Teacher would need to do this ahead of time so students could access easily at home or in class)
 * **Title**: ||< Developing Questions with Ms. D ||
 * **Subject**: ||< Math or Any ||
 * **Grade**: ||< Fifth ||
 * **Time Frame**: ||< 5 class periods spread across a nine weeks ( or more!) ||
 * **Summary:** ||< After students have answered a survey, they will develop their own Google form and then refine their questions to collect measurable data that can be easily analyzed. ||
 * **Tasks**: ||< **Day 1 - 2**
 * Explore:** Students log into Google Docs and complete an initial Interest Inventory created by the teacher. Show students how the data was collected. Tell students that you collected the data to learn more about them as students. Your purpose was not to make generalizations about the students.
 * Engage**: Ask students to brainstorm ideas for data they would like to collect. "What is your favorite color? etc. Table groups share ideas and refine questions based on class discussions.
 * Explain:** Show students the basics of creating a Goggle Form.
 * Elaborate**: Allow students time to create forms and troubleshoot developing their goggle form. Show students how to share with teacher. If time, students could begin answering each other surveys or complete for Homework

Students will examine and reflect upon the data they collected. Did the data come back as they expected? What observations did they have about the data? After discussing the data with your group, would you change anything? (questions, options for answers, etc.) As a table group, students will take a screen shot of the summary of their data from their initial survey and then complete a brief written explanation of their conversations about their data to accompany their screenshot.
 * Day 3**

In class or for homework, they would view the other summaries from the class and be prepared to discuss for the next session. What did you notice as you read each other's summaries? Are there any similarities in our class observations? Chart ideas with Padlet.com on the Activboard. Introduce some "real world" infographics or the daily graphs from USA Today. Consume as a table group. See if your group can determine the essential question that the author of the graph may have asked. Does your data summary match your question?
 * Day 4**

How could you refine your initial survey questions from your google forms to get more measurable data?

My idea is to then lead the students into creating refined questions which give them accurate, measurable data. They will interact with the data by creating new screenshots with new summaries into a google doc. || Google Docs ||
 * Day 5**
 * Objectives: ||< Activites can include the study of central tendencies for data (mean,median, mode, and range) ||
 * Assessment: ||< Students can show their initial survey compared to their refined question survey to demonstrate their understanding of how refining a question/response can give them measurable data. ||
 * Resources: ||< Padlet.com
 * **Teacher**
 * Reflections:** || Please share what went well, what was challenging and what you might tweak or modify for your next round.... ||
 * **Examples**: ||< * Links to teacher or student work examples. ||

Discussion:
Use the Embed Widget tool to add a Discussion Area widget. Bump the number to 100. This will take the comments from the discussion tab and add them to the bottom of the page. This will encourage teacher reflection and modification.