Data, Sources and Usage · B4 Computing

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.1.3.1.2 - Use strategies for classifying data into information (i.e. sorting and classifying)

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Explain the difference between raw data and useful information using examples from their own lives.
Sort a given set of data into groups based on a chosen common feature (e.g. gender, age range, shoe size).
Classify recorded data from a simple survey into a table or chart to make it meaningful.
Identify at least two reasons why sorting and classifying data makes it easier to understand.
Work in small groups to present classified data to the class and explain the sorting rule they used.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Introduction to Computing (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Data, Sources and Usage (1.3)
Content standard: B4.1.3.1 - Identify Data and collect data from different sources.
Indicator: B4.1.3.1.2 - Use strategies for classifying data into information (i.e. sorting and classifying)
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 4 (Week 16 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

strand name - printed p.2 and the table of contents head B4 strand 1 "WORD PROCESSING", which is a copy-paste error. Corrected to "INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING" on four pieces of evidence: the scope-and-sequence names strand 1 "Introduction to computing"; B5 and B6 both print "STRAND 1: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING" over the same sub-strands; B4 own p.9 heads strand 3 "WORD PROCESSING"; and B4 strand 1 sub-strands are Generation of Computers, MS-Windows Interface, Data Sources and Usage, and Technology in the Community, none of which is word processing
Curriculum reference: Computing Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 5
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Guide learners to identify and record data in the different forms (e.g. age, shoe size, etc.) Assist learners to extract and classify the relevant data into information.