Concept:
Link characteristics of items such as people, places, events, and ideas.
Purpose:
Organize data in a chart form so that data may be compared and relationships
identified.
Strategy
- Determine what
data will be compared.
- Assist students
in brainstorming for any possible items and characteristics that
may be compared and record the information on the chalkboard or
on a piece of bulletin board paper as students record the information
in their science journals.
- Identify or
select the data that the class will investigate and write the first
set along the vertical axis of the matrix and the second set along
the horizontal axis of the matrix.
- Draw in grid
lines.
- Determine what
symbols/words will be used to show the value/rating of the relationships
between the data; for example: S = strong relationship;
M = moderate relationship; W = weak relationship and N = no relationship.
- Create a legend.
- Enter the appropriate
symbol into each box.
Matrix
Example
| Content
Areas |
Rewards |
Better
Job
|
Higher
Pay
|
Satisfaction |
Bigger House |
| PMP Certification |
S |
S |
S |
M |
| Age |
M |
M |
N |
M |
| Marital Status |
N |
N |
M |
M |
| Attitude |
M |
M |
S |
N |
Legend:
S strong relationship
M moderate relationship
W weak relationship
N no relationship