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The Problem Solving Approach |
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How old is your height?This task uses a Problem-Solving Approach and is designed to take approximately 3 hours of teaching time. The resource explores the use of data within the historical context of the Industrial revolution. In 1833 the first factory act was introduced to control the employment of children in factories. Inspectors were employed to enforce the act – to solve the problem of identifying a child’s age. |
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Pupils are encouraged to look at what the inspectors did and consider their data, thinking about its reliability and use their own data as well as data from CensusAtSchool to compare children’s heights now and then. optional material contained in the presentation leads pupils to consider spread in data and how a box and whisker plot can be a helpful graphical tool. |
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