TWT2010_23.WhatIs

= TWT2010_23. Using TinkerPlots to Analyze and Model Data =


 * [[image:http://srri.umass.edu/files/tinkerplots_logo.png]] || * ===What is TinkerPlots®? ===
 * ===Pedagogical Rationale===
 * ===Exploring Data With TinkerPlots®===
 * ===TinkerPlots® Resources=== ||

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=What is TinkerPlots®?=

//**TinkerPlots**// is exploratory data analysis software designed for use by students in grades 4-8. It was designed by Clifford Konold and Craig Miller at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is published by [|Key Curriculum Press]. It runs on both Windows and Mac OSX computers. The program allows users to enter their own data or to import them from other applications or the Web.

Using TinkerPlots, students can make a large variety of graphs, including those specified for middle school in NCTM ’s Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. But rather than making these graphs directly using commands, students construct them by progressively organizing cases using basic operations including “stack,” “order,” and “separate.” Responding to these operations, case icons animate into different screen positions. The interface was based on observations of people organizing “data cards” on a table to make graphs to answer specific questions.

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