[Date]
EMA1501 Assignment 4
2024 - DUE 20 August
2024
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
, EMA1501 Assignment 4 2024 - DUE 20 August 2024
Question 1
The diagram below is the data handling cycle, and it is used in emergent mathematics as a tool to
collect, organise, represent, and interpret numerical information or data.
1. In the Foundation Phase, learners are taught to work with all four elements of the data
handling process, however, in the Grade R classroom, learners are taught how to work with data,
starting with collecting, sorting and then representing the data. In two to three sentences, explain
why Grade R learners only stop at representing the data. (2)
2. In your own words, compare and contrast the sequence in which Grade R learners master data
handling skills to the sequence in which Grades 1 to 3 master data handling. Write it in two
paragraphs of about 5 to 6 lines or about 100 words each. (5x2=10) 6
3. Read the case study below, and then follow the instructions provided at the bottom: In Miss
Mofokeng’s classroom, it’s circle time in the morning; the discussion is based on the theme of
the week; “feelings”. Miss Mofokeng asks each child to pick out a face from the container full of
cardboard cutout emojis that show how they feel that morning. The emojis show the following
expressions: sad, happy, tired, excited, and worried. Miss Mofokeng now has twenty cutouts in
the middle of the circle.
3.1. Suppose you are Miss Mofokeng; plan and involve learners in a data handling activity based
on the case study above. In your activity, include • the problem statement/question (2) •
present the activity using the steps of the data handling cycle. This should also include at least
three questions in each step, as well as illustrations to guide the children in the process. (4x7=28)
3.2. After completing the activity in 3.1, answer the following questions:
• Did the data-handling process solve the investigation? (1)
• What went well? (2)
• What would you do differently next time (remember, there is always room for improvement)?
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EMA1501 Assignment 4
2024 - DUE 20 August
2024
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
, EMA1501 Assignment 4 2024 - DUE 20 August 2024
Question 1
The diagram below is the data handling cycle, and it is used in emergent mathematics as a tool to
collect, organise, represent, and interpret numerical information or data.
1. In the Foundation Phase, learners are taught to work with all four elements of the data
handling process, however, in the Grade R classroom, learners are taught how to work with data,
starting with collecting, sorting and then representing the data. In two to three sentences, explain
why Grade R learners only stop at representing the data. (2)
2. In your own words, compare and contrast the sequence in which Grade R learners master data
handling skills to the sequence in which Grades 1 to 3 master data handling. Write it in two
paragraphs of about 5 to 6 lines or about 100 words each. (5x2=10) 6
3. Read the case study below, and then follow the instructions provided at the bottom: In Miss
Mofokeng’s classroom, it’s circle time in the morning; the discussion is based on the theme of
the week; “feelings”. Miss Mofokeng asks each child to pick out a face from the container full of
cardboard cutout emojis that show how they feel that morning. The emojis show the following
expressions: sad, happy, tired, excited, and worried. Miss Mofokeng now has twenty cutouts in
the middle of the circle.
3.1. Suppose you are Miss Mofokeng; plan and involve learners in a data handling activity based
on the case study above. In your activity, include • the problem statement/question (2) •
present the activity using the steps of the data handling cycle. This should also include at least
three questions in each step, as well as illustrations to guide the children in the process. (4x7=28)
3.2. After completing the activity in 3.1, answer the following questions:
• Did the data-handling process solve the investigation? (1)
• What went well? (2)
• What would you do differently next time (remember, there is always room for improvement)?
(2) [47]
