CLASS NOTE: DATA COLLECTION

Subject: Mathematics Class: Nursery Three Topic: Data Collection Theme: Sorting, Counting, and Organizing Information

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1. COMPREHENSIVE CORE CONCEPTS

What is Data Collection?

Imagine you are a little detective. A detective looks for clues to solve a mystery. In Mathematics, Data is just another word for "information" or "clues." Collection means "gathering things together."

So, Data Collection is the act of gathering information about things around us so we can understand them better. For example, if you want to know how many friends in your class like apples and how many like bananas, you are collecting data!

Sorting: The First Step

Before we can count things, we need to put them in groups. This is called Sorting. We can sort things by:

• Color: Putting all the