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Educator Professional Development Onboarding to the Data Science Learning Progressions

Hannah Kurzweil

Section Putting It All Together: Your Data Dispositions Action Plan

You’ve explored the key components of Data Dispositions and Responsibilities throughout this module. It’s important to now link your new knowledge back to the Data Dispositions and Responsibilities learning progressions for your grade band. Explore those where you can see all of Strand A
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Exploration 9. Choose Your Weekly Data Dispositions Routine.

Pick one routine to try consistently for the next month. Small, regular practices build habits more effectively than occasional big activities.
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Option 1: Monday Question Starters - Every Monday, spend 5 minutes helping students generate data questions about your upcoming week’s content using the sentence starters from this module.
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Option 2: Wonder Wednesday - Every Wednesday, present one piece of information (graph, fact, image) and ask “What do you notice? What do you wonder?”
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Option 3: Bias Detective Friday - Every Friday, spend 10 minutes examining a claim or data source with your detective questions from this module.
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Option 4: Create Your Own - Design a routine that fits your teaching style and subject area, incorporating the key elements of curiosity, skepticism, and ethical thinking.
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Checkpoint 26.

What’s the most important factor in choosing which data dispositions routine to implement in your classroom?
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Hint.
Think about sustainability versus ambition.
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Answer.
Choose the one you can realistically do consistently.
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Solution.
Regular practice builds habits better than ambitious routines that fizzle out after a few weeks. The most important factor is finding something you can sustain that builds student thinking skills. Start small and build from there—consistency matters more than coverage.
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Checkpoint 27. My Data Dispositions Action Plan.

Create your personal plan for implementing data dispositions in your classroom.
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Which routine from the options above feels most manageable for you to try for the next month? Why?
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What’s one specific lesson this week where you could try the “Notice and Wonder” routine?
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How will you remember to implement your chosen routine consistently? (Set a phone reminder? Write it in your lesson plans? Partner with a colleague?)
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Remember: You’re building lifelong thinking habits, not just teaching data science content. Every small step matters!
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Checkpoint 28.

Before moving to the next module, reflect: Which concept from this module feels most important for your students? What questions do you have about building data dispositions in your specific teaching context?
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