Subject+-+Math+(Project+4)

= Subject: Math (Jamie Riley) =

** Description: **
===Students will create a survey question and input it as part of a class survey on Survey Monkey. They will then take the survey individually using ipods or computers, answering each other's questions. Survey Monkey will tally the results and students can input the results of their individual questions into the Create-a-Graph website to create different kinds of graphs, as part of a graphing project that they will present to their peers.===

Supporting Research:
===**Aberg-Bengtsson (2006) concluded in a study of 7-12 year olds that when students use technology (graphing programs) to construct graphs, their understanding of the fundamental features of graphs improves. In addition, the study found that in addition to increased academic achievement, students' motivation for using the technology increased their satisfaction with the graphs they were able to produce. The author of the study also advocates the use of familiar data in the form of questions which students generated themselves about topics in which they were interested. **===

**Tried & True or New & Innovative:** ===**The use of the Create-a-Graph website is tried and true, as it has been used by teachers and students for several years. The use of Survey Monkey to help students generate data in response to the survey questions, is new and innovative in the classroom, though it may be more tried and true in other environments. A further extension and benefit of the use of Survey Money could be to have other classes, parents and/or other family members take the survey, as well. **===