LEARNER CALA GUIDE

CALA COMPONENT: B
LEARNING AREA MATHEMATICS
LEVEL FORM 4
CENTRE NAME NYAMACHENI SEC SCHOOL
CENTRE NUMBER O50450
CANDIDATE NAME
CANIDATE NUMBER

CALA TYPE : Practical Activity plus Pen and Paper

SYLLABUS TOPIC : Statistics
SYLLABUS SUBTOPIC : Measures of Central tendency
CALA TITLE : Calculating the mean, mode and median from given data
DURATION : Two weeks
COMPETENCE SKILLS :
 Data collection
 Data classification
 Data presentation
 Measures of central tendency

DMENSIONS:
 Collecting data
 Classifying data
 Presenting data
 Applying measures of central tendency
 Communicating mathematical information related to everyday life

CALA BACKGROUND
It has been observed that many people consider mathematics concepts to be abstract and fail
to see their applicability in everyday life situations particularly measures of central tendency,
hence the need to carry out the practical so that learners appreciate the importance of
mathematics in everyday life situations. You are therefore required to calculate the mean,
mode and median from given data,

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CALA DESCRIPTION
You are required to:
 Collect data on shoe sizes of 20 learners of your own choice
 Show raw data as collected
 Present data on a frequency table
 Present data on a bar chart and pie chart
 Calculate the mean of your data
 Calculate the median of your data
 Calculate the mode of your data

HOW YOU WILL BE ASSESSED

The facilitator will assess:
 Evidence of data collected
 Construction of a frequency table
 Correctly calculated angles on pie chart
 Correctly measured angles on pie chart
 Neatly drawn bar chart and pie chart
 Correct calculation of measures of central tendency
CALA TIPS:
Consider formulae for measures of central tendency
Consider formulae for calculating angles
Consider measuring tools for angles
Consider tally table for raw data

CALA COMPONENT: B
CALA TITLE: CALCULATING THE MEAN, MODE AND MEDIAN FROM GIVEN
DATA
CALA TYPE: PRACTICAL ACTIVITY PLUS PEN AND PAPER
MARKING GUIDE
The CALA will be assessed out of 25 marks
1 Evidence of raw data showing 20 shoe sizes 3 marks
2 Data presented on frequency table 3 marks
3 Calculation of angles 3 marks
4 Drawing of pie chart with correctly measured angles 3 marks
5 Title of pie chart 1 mark

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6 Drawing a bar chart 3 marks
7 Title of bar chart 1 mark
8 Neatness of pie chart and bar chart 2 marks
9 Calculating mean of data 3 marks
10 Calculating median of data 2 marks
11 Stating mode of data 1 mark
TOTAL 25 marks

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