Tables, charts, graphs and patterns: from results to revelations and realisation
This training was very informative with some great ideas, such as the enquiry games. The use of the large planning sheets in open-ended investigations and the big graphs idea were very good.
Do your pupils struggle with data? Do you struggle to make it fun? This course looks at ways of making data collection and handling accessible to all. A pacy and interactive training experience, aimed at practical techniques you will want to start using tomorrow. Working from first principles, this course looks at how to engage pupils in wanting to find the answer to stimulating problems. It takes you through planning for successful data capture, and explores how pupils can be supported in understanding that the decisions they make about variables early on can influence the quality of their investigative outcomes.
It also focuses on the development of graphing skills through activities and games. It develops strategies for supporting pupils’ recognition of patterns and trends, and draws this together in a model of how good conclusions are formed, linking this back to the original problem.
Your pupils will soon be applying their data handling skills in all investigations and finding all sorts of information in their graphs!
On this course you will:
- Explore strategies for developing pupils’ understanding of the role of data in science
- Consider ideas for developing effective recording techniques
- Learn how to support pupils in developing graphing skills in an engaging way
- Be able to teach pupils how to write effective conclusions through discussion and collaborative writing.
Target audience:
Subject leaders, teachers, teaching assistants and trainee teachers working with pupils age 11–16
The course lasts for a full day. However, it can be tailored to meet the needs of your organisation and delivered as a series of shorter training opportunities.
Available for:
SCIENCE
How to book this course:
Contact Jo Williams, Tel 01270 764314, to discuss how this course can be used to support the development of engaging teaching and learning in your organisation.
Charges are calculated on a course by course basis, but are typically between £450 and £950 per day, plus expenses, depending on the size of the organisation and number of people attending. Special subsidised rates apply to some of our courses and for trainee teachers.
