Key Stage 3 National Strategy Handling data: session 4.

Key Stage 3 National Strategy

Handling data: session 4

KS3 StrategySlide 4.2

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Objectives for session 4

To give an overview of the content of teaching unit 7.5

To discuss issues for teaching and learning in each lesson of the unit

To identify the preparation needed before teaching unit 7.5



LESSON 1Evaluating and interrogating an existing database

Checking pupils’ knowledge and understanding

Considering critically the information in an existing database

Interrogating an existing database

Generating graphs and considering their clarity

Considering everyday uses of graphical data



LESSON 2Presenting information in different formats to test hypotheses

Proposing and testing hypotheses

Using percentages to derive new information

Presenting conclusions



LESSON 3Designing a questionnaire to collect data

Introducing questions to be answered

Considering what data are required

Framing questions for a questionnaire

Considering answers to questions on a questionnaire



LESSON 4Creating a questionnaire and designing a data handling file structure

Designing a questionnaire

Completing a questionnaire

Designing and creating a data handling file structure

Evaluating designs



LESSON 5Entering, checking and testing data

Checking data for errors

Entering and testing data

Creating graphs and charts for initial data analysis

Sorting data and using selective searching

Recognising the need to collect extra data to draw conclusions



LESSON 6Drawing conclusions and selecting data to support them

Drawing conclusions

Providing evidence to support conclusions

Checking for plausibility

Relating conclusions to original questions

Extending the investigation



Teaching unit 7.5: issues

Progression in learning

Selecting appropriate contexts

Grouping of pupils

Organisation of teaching space

Hardware and software

Spreadsheet

Slide 4.10

Title: Visits to the UK by overseas residents, 1978 to 1999NOTE: Numbers are thousands of visits

Year Business visits Holiday visits MiscellaneousVisiting friends

or relativesTotal visits

1978 2295 5876 2283 2193 126471979 2395 5529 2308 2254 124861980 2565 5478 2058 2319 124201981 2453 5037 1675 2287 114521982 2393 5265 1568 2410 116361983 2556 5818 1530 2560 124641984 2863 6385 1770 2626 136441985 3014 6666 1890 2880 144501986 3286 5919 1746 2946 138971987 3564 6828 1996 3179 155671988 4096 6655 1870 3178 157991989 4363 7286 2193 3497 173391990 4461 7725 2216 3611 180131991 4219 7169 2147 3591 171261992 3855 7949 2847 3884 185351993 4706 8729 2319 4109 198631994 4986 9048 2482 4278 207941995 5763 10323 2849 4602 235371996 6095 10987 3182 4898 251621997 6347 10803 3209 5155 255141998 6882 10475 2988 5400 257451999 7044 9826 2884 5640 25394Total 90201 165776 50010 77497 383484



Planning for progression:sources of information

Pupils’ prior experience: transfer and liaison information from Year 6

Information gained by checking pupils’ knowledge, skill and understanding at the beginning of a unit of work

Travel to school

What data would you need to collect in order to find out about pupils’ form of travel to school?

Travel to school

What data would you need to collect to test a hypothesis that the older the pupil, the more varied the form of travel to school?



Lesson 5Entering, checking and testing data

Starter: Checking data for errors

5 minutes

Individual work

Time challenge: checking simple data for errors




Entering and testing data

25 minutes

Paired work

Teacher support and intervention where required




Creating graphs and charts for initial analysis

10 minutes

Whole group

Teacher demonstration of using graph and chart to check for data

Pupils try out the same technique




Sorting data and using selective searching

15 minutes

Whole group and paired work

Teacher demonstration of sorting data

Pupils apply what they have learned, to their own data




Plenary: Recognising need to collect extra data

5 minutes

Whole group

Review and discussion of pupils’ conclusions

Teacher summary of skills learned and used during the lesson

Homework: Improving and refining questionnaire



Objectives for session 4

To give an overview of the content of teaching unit 7.5

To discuss issues for teaching and learning in each lesson of the unit

To identify the preparation needed before teaching unit 7.5

Key Stage 3 National Strategy Handling data: session 4.

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