Tag: graphs

Aug 10

A graph to show

A graph to show [CC-BY-SA-3.0 Steve Cook]

I’ve never been sure where “a graph to show…” comes from. As far as I can tell, A-level specifications don’t use or specify this wording, and you wouldn’t typically see it in a figure legend in a scientific paper. But if you ask first-year students to put a title on a graph without any further guidance, almost every one of them will default …

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Mar 20

Educational RCTs

Practice makes perfect [CC-BY-SA-3.0 Steve Cook]

Around a decade ago I did a PGCE. Part of that PGCE involved a small-scale investigative study, from which I learnt a great deal about educational research, but not – I suspect – any of the intended learning outcomes. I was teaching a year-7 class, whose graphing skills needed improvement. Students would often forget to …

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