Algebra 1 Summer Institute 2014
The Questionable Question - Assessment
1. What differences (if any) are there between Level A and Level B questions from
the last exercise? Explain.
2. Rewrite three of those statistical questions to satisfy a level 3 statistical question.
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Algebra 1 Summer Institute 2014
Difference between levels
Process
Component
1. Formulate
questions
Example:
Level A
Level B
Level C
 Beginning
awareness of the
statistics
question
distinction
 Teachers pose
questions of
interest
 Questions
restricted to the
classroom
How long are the
words on this page?
 Increased awareness
of the statistics
question distinction
 Students begin to pose
their own questions of
interest
 Questions not
restricted to the
classroom
 Students can
make the
statistics question
distinction
 Students pose
their own
questions of
interest
 Questions seek
generalization
Are the words in a
chapter in a fifth-grade
book longer than the
words in a chapter of a
sixth-grade book?
Do sixth-grade books
use longer words
than a fifth-grade
book?
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