Chapter 18: Surprised? Testing Hypotheses About Proportions (Days 156-157)

Today in Ethnostats, we move on to Chapter 18, on testing hypotheses about proportions. It's the last chapter that we'll cover before the final. Students learn about the difference between the "null hypothesis" and an "alternative hypothesis." Of course, I'm still dealing with damage control after the unexpected schedule change on Monday followed by the sub day yesterday. My (admittedly artificial) constraint that the points in all my classes must be equal is getting tricky.

First of all, I already knew that I wouldn't get to Assignment #67 in Calculus before the AP. Going into this week, I was at least hoping to reach sixty assignments -- #57 on Monday, #58 and #59 yesterday, and then a quick VNPS on Thursday for #60 (so that it can completed in class that day, rather than be due on the day of the AP). But that was before we lost Monday to the schedule change.

So yesterday, I gave Assignments #57 and #58. These are my usual sub day go-to Edpuzzles. Both of these discuss various free-response questions that the students might see on the exam next week. Now suddenly, my November decision to slow down the pace doesn't look as good now. It left me with just one week after the end of Chapter 7 to do a full review of the exam -- which wouldn't have been so terrible except that I only get to see the students once during said week. Tomorrow I'll still discuss those FRQ's, but now the timing is tighter. I'm also trying to work out the rest of the remaining points. If I give the VNPS as Assignment #59, then I'll decide whether I want there to be an Assignment #60. So far I've given three quizzes and three tests, when I want there to be four of each. The fourth "quiz" will be given tomorrow -- I'll grade the practice FRQ's as a quiz, even though we'll discussing them. The last "test" won't be a final exam, but a final project that I'll decide after the AP is over. Missing assignments (that is, #61-67) could instead become a 20-point companion assignment for the final project.

Meanwhile, my goal to equalize the points affects Trig class as well. I want last week's and this week's quizzes to add up to the 75-point quiz that my Calculus students just took.  Originally, last week's was 25 points and this week's was 50 points. But with the schedule changes, I felt that the students had less time to prepare for yesterday's quiz (which was all graphing), and so I switched the points. Now yesterday's quiz was only 25 points, and I doubled last week's scores to make it 50 points.

Even Ethnostats grades are affected by my desire to equalize the points. On Monday I gave the kids no assignment, only because Calculus didn't get a corresponding assignment. So instead, I had the students do the Rodney King assignment on page 31 of their Stats Scrapbook -- that is, the final page.

Today is Tenday on the Eleven Calendar. But circumstances make it more sensible to change it up:

Resolution #11: We follow all protocols for COVID.

This is because in Advisory, we discuss the COVID vaccine today. There's a USC survey in which some students participate (with parental permission). The others watch a video and answer questions. We go back to Resolution #10 -- treat others the way we want to be treated -- during tomorrow's SEL lesson.

This week is Teacher's Appreciation Week. It's usually the first full week in May -- just before the last day of school, to express appreciation for the year about to be completed. And the Tuesday of the week is Teacher's Appreciation Day -- that was yesterday.

There was a special breakfast set up in the lounge for Teacher's Appreciation Day -- but I wasn't able to enjoy it at all, since I had to go on those interviews. But at least my three Trig students left a note on their whiteboard desks to wish me a happy Teacher Day.

(Last year, I subbed at various schools during Teacher Week -- and some of them had special food throughout the entire week, not just Tuesday, so I was able to feast that week, even as a sub. This year I'm actually a teacher, but I miss the Teacher Day meal -- oh well!)

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