Measurement+Chance+&+Data

=Measurement, Chance and Data= The //Measurement, chance and data// dimension focuses on developing students’ understanding of [|unit], [|measure] and [|error], [|chance and likelihood] and [|inference]. Measure is based on the notion of unit ([|//informal//]//, [|formal]// and [|//standard//]) and relates number and natural language to measuring characteristics or attributes of objects and/or events. Various technologies are used to measure, and all measurement involves error. Students learn important common measures relating to money, length, mass, time and temperature, and probability – the measure of the chance or likelihood of an event. Other measures include area, volume and capacity, weight, [|angle], and derived rates such as density, concentration and speed. Principal operations for computation with measurement include the use of formulas for evaluating measures, the use of technology such as dataloggers for direct and indirect measurement and related technologies for the subsequent analysis of data, and estimation of measures using comparison with prior knowledge and experience, and spatial and numerical manipulations. (Source:DEECD)