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ERIC Number: EJ461850
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Polls and Polling in the Social Studies Classroom.
Weber, Lee
Social Education, v56 n6 p353-55 Oct 1992
Presents a three-step plan for teaching students about polling. Discusses how to introduce the basic concepts: population, sample, and random or probability sampling. Describes a game using marbles to help students understand probabilities. Ends with suggestions for the third step, actual student-generated polls. (DK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Public Opinion, Social Science Research, Social Studies, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Polling; Survey Research