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US Department of Commerce, 2008
This handbook was developed for high school teachers looking for new sources of timely information and ways to make courses more engaging and relevant to students. The American Community Survey (ACS) provides a wide online array of social, economic, and demographic information about the nation, states, and local communities. These data can be…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Secondary School Teachers, Social Studies, Statistical Data
Yang, Shouu-Chyuan – 1985
This lesson plan is designed to enable a student, after 50 minutes of instruction, to define the single sample chi-square test and explain the three conditions necessary to its proper use and the purpose of using it. The student will also be able to calculate and apply the single sample chi-square test in class according to the five steps with the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Interpretation, Instructional Materials, Learning Modules
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1986
This unit emphasizes the integration of software in a focus on the classroom instruction process. Student activities are based on plans and ideas for instructional units presented by a teacher who describes and demonstrates the activities. Integration has occurred when computer applications are included in an instructional activity. This guide…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Data Interpretation, Databases
Kissam, Ed; Dorsey, Holda – 1997
This module, which may be used as the basis for a workshop or as a special topic unit in adult basic education or English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses, focuses on how to evaluate the facts, opinions, and positions on social issues held by family and friends, neighbors, authority figures, and the media. Topics covered include the following:…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Data Interpretation
Bernhardt, Victoria L. – Eye on Education, 2005
This book helps you make sense of the data your school collects, including state student achievement results as well as other qualitative and quantitative data. Easy-to-use templates, tools, and examples are available on the accompanying CD-ROM. High stakes accountability requires that you develop your understanding of who your students are and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Accountability, Academic Achievement, High Schools
World Bank, Washington, DC. – 1987
This teaching guide accompanies the Life Expectancy at Birth poster kit, which presents statistics on life expectancy from 128 countries with populations of more than one million. The statistics relate to economic development and the changes it is bringing about in the world. Sometimes called indicators, the statistics are measures of social and…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Curriculum Enrichment, Curriculum Guides, Data Interpretation
Hungerford, Harold R.; And Others – 1992
Middle school and high school students need to develop many skills in order to investigate environmental issues and know the basics of citizenship action strategies. This student guide is designed to teach students how to investigate and evaluate environmental issues and actions. The guide is presented in six modules. Module 1 introduces the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Environmental Education, Inquiry
Trace, Michael W. – 1982
This learning module, which is intended for use in in-service training for vocational rehabilitation counselors, reviews the systematic methods available to measure and record client behavior. The first section covers procedures for making necessary calculations and keeping needed records with respect to behavioral events and their duration and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, Charts, Classroom Observation Techniques