Data HD1/L2.1

Skills, knowledge and understanding		Example
Adults should be taught to:
1 .	extract discrete and continuous data from tables, diagrams, charts and line graphs	Extract information from a holiday brochure (dates, flight times, costs, supplements, reductions, insurance, etc.).
	understand how to use scales in diagrams, charts and graphs
	know how to interpret information from bar charts, pie charts, and line graphs with more than one line

Sample activities

Discuss the difference between continuous and discrete data. A useful example is that the size of shoe someone wears is discrete, but the length of their foot is continuous.
Look at graphical representations of discrete and continuous data - line graphs for continuous data, e.g. conversion graphs.
Extract information from tables in price lists, catalogues, brochures, web sites.
Discuss the information produced by local councils to explain how their money is spent.
Examine Social Trends (The Stationery Office) or other government publications.
Discuss the key elements of line graphs. Look at the use of different scales and their effect on the graph. Look at trends from the slope of the graph.

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