TEACH GCSE MATHS: Data Handling
These presentations are a tool for those teaching GCSE Mathematics. They
cover all the theory for Data Handling and, in addition, provide worked
examples, summaries and introductory exercises to test students’
understanding. Whilst aimed principally at whole class teaching, they can be
used by individual students or small groups to help them when they have
missed work or when they are revising.
There are 30 files. Where possible, real data has been used so that
students see the relevance of the topics to everyday life. Text, diagrams
and examples are animated to explain and enliven the work and teachers can
control the speed at which the presentations run and pause whenever they
wish. From time to time, the presentations ask students to share ideas so
that they gain confidence.
The files have been labelled as follows:
F:
H:
Topics for the Foundation tier.
Topics which appear only in the Higher tier.
Most of the foundation tier content, as given in the GCSE Mathematics
specifications, is repeated for the higher tier. Even where this not so, the
nature of the subject is such that exam questions at the higher tier could
well include ideas and material from the foundation level. So, in writing the
presentations, it has been assumed that all students taking the higher
papers will study and revise all the foundation material.
The Contents file is the key to easy access to the presentations. The titles
have been hyperlinked to the files and colour has been used to group topics.
For example, work on probability occurs at both tiers and the file titles are
coloured blue in the contents.
F14
F15
F16
F17
F18
Two-Way Tables
Introduction to Probability
Calculating Probabilities
Probability – Theory and Experiment
Sample Spaces
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H6
H7
H8
Probability and
Independent Events
Tree Diagrams
Two-Way Tables and
Probability
Since students sometimes experience difficulty handling fractions, many of
the probability examples are worked using fractions and answers are
cancelled to their lowest form.
Clip art images are used as follows:
Students should check the result on a calculator.
A summary of the key points in a form suitable for note taking.
Exercises that do not require a calculator. Some involve
arithmetic that gives practice for non-calculator papers.
Exercises where a calculator is useful or essential.
Animations will not work correctly unless Powerpoint 2002, or later, is used.
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