I was feeling a little down today. Down on teaching, and down on my mission - to SAVE every student in the world. It's a tough gig, teaching, especially when you, like me, believe that every student can learn, it's just a matter of motivation and engagement. Especially tough when you realize that the motivation and engagement all has to come from you. You're not teaching if they're not learning.
But then I started grading papers and I was cheered up a bit:
assignment: develop a research question for an observational study.
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But then I started grading papers and I was cheered up a bit:
assignment: develop a research question for an observational study.
question (on a quiz!): explain how you would use simple random sampling to choose your sample group.
- "Q: Who smoke more weed boys or girls?
- Observe different teens and see who smoke the most.
- (I) go to four middle schools four high schools and observe 16 classes by getting a well-known jock to ask his/her peers about it and then I sit in on the conversations and take notes."
"I would take a group of people (mostly girls) and play spin the bottle with them. That would be considered random sampling wouldn't it."BONUS question: for four points, list at least four X-men and the mutant powers associated with each.
"Black widow - turns black and disappears; X-man - has claws out of his fingers"
"Never seen X-men, but I think I know the girl is stretchable, there is a fire man guy, a strong guy, and then a superfast guy."
"Wolverine = claws, Jade = psycho, Storm = weather, Wheelchair Man = physic powers"
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