Understanding is critical across all content strands in Mathematics. In Year 3, understanding of statistics and probability is not explicitly identified in the achievement standard. It appears in the content descriptions so there are opportunities to strengthen student understanding. Understanding conduction of chance conduction of chance conduction of chance guided conduction of directed conduction of experiments, identification experiments and identification experiments and listing of chance experiments and chance experiments and description of possible and description of possible possible outcomes listing of aspects of possible outcomes and recognition of outcomes outcomes variation in results Fluency probability conduction of data conduction of data conduction of simple data guided organisation of directed organisation of and investigations for categorical investigations for categorical investigations for aspects of data collection aspects of data collection variables in unfamiliar variables in complex familiar categorical variables from a given question from a given question situations situations Statistics Problem-solving interpretation and interpretation and comparison interpretation and partial interpretation and statements about data comparison of data displays of data displays in complex comparison of data guided comparison of data displays in unfamiliar situations familiar situations displays displays Reasoning shading emphasises the qualities that discriminate between A–E descriptors Key
Statistics and probability Understanding Understanding is critical across all content strands in Mathematics. In Year 3, understanding of statistics and probability is not explicitly identified in the achievement standard. It appears in the content descriptions so there are opportunities to strengthen student understanding. Fluency conduction of chance experiments, identification and description of possible outcomes and recognition of variation in results conduction of chance experiments and identification and description of possible outcomes conduction of chance experiments and listing of possible outcomes guided conduction of chance experiments and listing of aspects of possible outcomes directed conduction of chance experiments Problem-solving conduction of data investigations for categorical variables in unfamiliar situations conduction of data investigations for categorical variables in complex familiar situations conduction of simple data investigations for categorical variables guided organisation of aspects of data collection from a given question directed organisation of aspects of data collection from a given question Reasoning interpretation and comparison of data displays in unfamiliar situations interpretation and comparison of data displays in complex familiar situations interpretation and comparison of data displays partial interpretation and guided comparison of data displays statements about data displays Key shading emphasises the qualities that discriminate between A–E descriptors
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