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ERIC Number: EJ401516
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Reference Count: 0
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Economics and the Census.
Symmes, S. Stowell
Social Education, v53 n7 p466-67 Nov-Dec 1989
Suggests ways census data in the "Statistical Abstract of the United States" may be used to develop thinking skills in economics. Presents a lesson in which students collect data on different types of work done by a small group of workers. Emphasizes the process of classifying workers in order to provide experience with this reasoning skill. (LS)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Classification, Data Collection, Decision Making, Demography, Economics, Economics Education, Lesson Plans, National Surveys, Occupational Surveys, Secondary Education, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Bicentennial; Bureau of the Census; Census 1990; Statistical Abstract of the United States