I just went to read the blogs of other students in my AP Stats class. [I have attached links to the blogs of other students on the right of this blog.] They are really good! Each experiment is unique and it will take a lot to do these projects and get all the information, especially with all the things that are required of us. This project is a really good idea because we actually get to explore the community in math class -- now that's something that I though I would never do! I am really looking forward to gathering my data and also seeing what kinds of data other people are gathering. I guess I finally understand what people mean when they say that the world is just waiting for people for explore all the opportunities.
For this blog entry, my teacher asked us to answer three questions: Who is this data going to be useful for? How are we going to get the word out? And why would our topic be interesting to others? For starters, this data is going to be useful for many people, such as, educators, parents, students, and the numerous people that are in the education field. This will be useful for educators because they will actually get to see how many minutes of homework students get each night combined. This might actually influence teachers to take a moment to think about how much homework it comes out to be when homework is combined from all the classes. This will be useful for parents because they will get to see in numerical data how many minutes of homework students get all across Jefferson Parish. This can either mean that their child is getting less homework or more homework than other students. This goes same for the students. This data will be useful for the students because they will get to see how many minutes students their age spend doing homework each school night. This data is useful for pretty much everyone in the educational field because homework is the source of practice for students but if they get too much, some students just decide not to do it. Keeping this in mind, these educational officials will see how many minutes seniors spend doing homework each night. Now that I know who this data is useful for, how do I get the word out to people? Well, I will contact my local newspaper and ask them to publish this story and if explain to them why the community would care for this experiment that a simple high school senior did. Also, why would other in the community care for this experiment? They would be interested in this because it shows how much homework the leaders of the future get. I understand that homework is good for practice, but if students get too much of it, it gets tiring. With this project, the community would be made aware of the amount of time seniors spend on homework. If they are really into this experiment, I would have my contact information so that they can ask me any questions they have.
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