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Startling Statistics

Startling Statistics. Presentation by Terrie Rust. ITEA Convention IdeaGarden Workshop March 2006. “Startling Statistics” . What: a lesson to increase participant awareness of facts that affect career options and opportunities

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Startling Statistics

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  1. Startling Statistics Presentation by Terrie Rust ITEA Convention IdeaGarden Workshop March 2006

  2. “Startling Statistics” What: a lesson to increase participant awareness of facts that affect career options and opportunities Rationale: ☺ to become aware of facts and their importance, students must be engaged by the data☺ statistical data helps students understand how education and skills relate to workplace success Who: junior high or high school students

  3. “Startling Statistics” (con’t.) Duration: activity (as designed) takes one class period; it can also be used as an extension activity, debate or discussion starting point, or Bell work Standards: STL#3-Students will develop an understand- ing of the relationships among technologies and the connections between technology and other fields of study. AZ Workplace Skills #2-Students apply computational skills and data analysis techni- ques to make decisions and solve workplace problems

  4. Activity Procedures 1 • Activity directions displayed on overhead • Distribute Startling Statement cards and scratch paper for recording responses. • Cards “put on” their back so they can’t be viewed. • Students circulate around the room and have other students guess a statistical percentage answer for their card’s statement/question. Five responses required.

  5. Activity Procedures 2 • Students return to their seats; remove the card and average their answers. • Students with same question are called upon to share responses. • Teacher reveals ACTUAL statistic on that item. Discussion ensues!

  6. Reliable or Unreliable? • Statistics ARE the best place to look for concrete facts *Well-conducted research is best source • Statistical reliability is often questioned • *Use of averages when statistical research is compiled may provide skewed results • *Accuracy depends upon how surveys were conducted (web-based not as reliable)

  7. Rationale for Use of Statistics Statistics provide a great opportunity to introduce the importance of: • Skills training • Career readiness • Non-traditional careers/Gender equity • Technology proficiency • Soft skills • Graduation rates

  8. The % of tomorrow’s workers who will need 1-3 years of technical training beyond high school 65% Skills Training • The % of tech skills that become obsolete each year • 33%

  9. Career Readiness • The % of new jobs requiring advanced degrees by 2012 • 87% • The % of U.S. students who can write at a level of proficiency considered necessary for future job success • 25%

  10. % of jobs that are considered non-traditional for women Non-traditional Careers/ Gender Equity • 95% • Women in non-traditional careers can earn this percent wage versus those in traditional careers • 150% • Girls make up this % of AP Computer Science test takers • 10.6%

  11. Technology Proficiency • The % of adults without a high school diploma who do not use the internet • 87% • The % of tech skills that become obsolete each year • 33%

  12. The % of employees deemed by their managers as having a “bad attitude” Soft Skills • 10% • The % of employers who included soft skills as among their most important hiring criteria • 86%

  13. Out of all high school diplomas issued, this % receive a GED diploma Graduation Rates • 15% • The national high school graduation rate (%) for all public school students • 71%

  14. Statistical Resources • http://www.nccte.org National Centers for Career and Technical Education • http://www.tcpd.org Thornburg Center • http://www.daggett.com International Center for Leadership in Education (Dr. Willard Daggett) • http://nces.ed.gov National Center for Education Statistics • http://www.wfs.org/ World Future Society • http://www.bls.gov Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics • http://www.infoplease.com/ Information Please Almanac • http://www.collegeboard.com/prof/index.html College Board • http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development • http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/ageecon.htm North Central Regional Educational Laboratory • http://www.jointcenter.org/publications1/focus/FocusDetail.php?recordID=124 The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies • Investigating Your Career by Ann K. Jordan & Lynne T. Whaley. Thomson/ Southwestern; 2004

  15. Primary Resource Off and Running – The Computer Offline Activities Book by Tim Erickson. UC Berkeley, CA; 1986 http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/equals/ Startling Statistics statistical questions Contact: trust@peoriaud.k12.az.us

  16. Statistics means never having to say you're certain. by Bill Amend

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