This element involves students gaining familiarity with the way statistical information is represented.
Students solve problems in authentic contexts that involve collecting, recording, displaying, comparing and evaluating the effectiveness of data displays of various types. They use appropriate language and numerical representations when explaining the outcomes of chance events. In developing and acting with numeracy, students:
- interpret data displays
- interpret chance events.
Level 5
Typically by the end of Year 8, students:
Interpret data displays
compare, interpret and assess the effectiveness of different data displays of the same information
Interpret chance events
describe and explain why the actual results of chance events are not always the same as expected results