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Smart Thinking Skills

Smart Thinking Skills. April 2010. PREPARATION: Select an area of study and identify its variables, parameters and characteristics Review the Open Graphs and edit if needed Use an open graph to describe a situation, event or pattern from the area of study ACTIVITY:

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Smart Thinking Skills

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  1. Smart Thinking Skills April 2010 • PREPARATION: • Select an area of study and identify its variables, parameters and characteristics • Review the Open Graphs and edit if needed • Use an open graph to describe a situation, event or pattern from the area of study • ACTIVITY: • Share an open graph and area of study with your pupils • Ask what the titles, axes, scales and units might be • Demonstrate how an idea from your area of study might be described by the graph • Have learners pair up and define the meaning of another graph • Pairs get together and decide which interpretation is more realistic • DEBRIEF: • Ask fours to share their choices with the class • Ask individuals to decide which of the shared ideas is most realistic • Open discussion about which one is most realistic • Repeat the activity faster, with a different graph

  2. Smart Thinking Skills April 2010 Blanks and examples What could each graph represent?(double click the graphs to edit)

  3. Title: How the story’s main character spends his time

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  5. Title: The crowd’s response during 10 minutes of the match Axis: Axis: Amount of cheering Axis: Axis: Time – 10:30 to 10:42

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  7. Title: Equipment used by one cohort of the Roman army Axis: Quantity Axis: Equipment

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  9. Title: An individual’s strengths in a group Feature 1: Timekeeping Feature 4: Leading Feature 2: Recording Feature 3: Getting ideas

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