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Mathematical skills.

Ratio, 4 operations, etc.

Quality of cooks.

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Recipe guidelines Single batch.Adjusting the amount of ingredients.

Multiply fractions.

Estimating quantity of food & people.

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Timing to cook.

Consider how long each cooks.

Involves multiplication.

Cooking & Curriculum.

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Quantify & analyze research findings.

Statistical tool.

E.g.: mean, median, standard deviation.

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Normal Distribution / Gaussian curve.Mathematical model, an idealization that

can be used to represent data collectedin behavioral research

(Shavelson, 1996)

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Symmetrical.

Mean, median & mode.No boundaries.

Scores near mean,

median & mode.

Curve version of

bar graph.

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Involves mathematical calculations.

E.g.: standard error of the mean.

Estimate whether or not a sample meanrepresents a population mean.

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Calculating z-score

A score minus its mean, the whole things

is divided by standard deviation of a

distribution.The mean of the sample is the same as

the mean of the population, it will form a

normal distribution.

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Teachers must not forget to highlight to the

pupils relating mathematics and psychology.

Teachers of mathematics do mathematics, butpsychologist also involves with mathematics

though they study about peoples minds and

behaviour.