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Provided by: Skew the Script |Published on: May 28, 2025
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Synopsis
In this lesson from Skew the Script, students will understand negative and positive correlations, the correlation coefficient, and the difference between correlation and causation while analyzing the relationship between poverty, attendance, and test scores.
Students will watch a video lecture, complete practice problems, and participate in class discussions.
This lesson includes many opportunities for students to practice and interact with the content, including a form to reflect on their learning, a worksheet to practice the concepts, and an interactive activity to work with the terms.
This resource does an excellent job of integrating real-life and relevant topics with math concepts that may otherwise be abstract and difficult to understand.
Prerequisites
Teachers will need to create a free account and enter their school location to access the materials.
This topic may be uncomfortable for students experiencing poverty. Teachers should be ready to support students who struggle to participate in the discussion.
Students should understand how to read graphs and calculate slope.
Differentiation & Implementation
To make connections to climate change, students can discuss education, especially for women and girls, as a climate solution.
Students can discuss the connection to the Sustainable Development Goals, especially Goal 1: No Poverty and Goal 4: Quality Education. Students can discuss the interdependence of these and the other goals.
Students can discuss other policies or programs to address the lurking variables, such as quality of schools, hunger, or loss of study time due to the need for students to work or care for siblings.
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Skew the Script
Skew The Script offers free, genuinely relevant math lessons for high school courses. Is college worth the cost? Are electric cars actually greener? Can you make a living as an influencer? Their nonpartisan lessons challenge students to tackle these questions with statistics, mathematics, and critical thinking.
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