The other pages contain the raw data or charts to be analysed. This assignment continues to be popular with the students, the subject teachers, and the teacher-librarians. We received approval from Statistics Canada to photocopy the individual chapters. Each student in this class read his or her chapter, wrote a critique of the chapter, prepared a bristol board containing statistical highlights of the chapter in graph form and then made a presentation to the class. This worked very well and the bristol board displays were of high quality.
Students also try to come up with challenging questions to stump their peers.
This project can give teachers a break from lecturing to a large group, allowing them to focus on pairs of students, motivating them and guiding their learning. Long Learning that they can show to prospective employers and parents. Selected Merivale students presented their projects and bristol board displays to officials at Statistics Canada's head office. This further demonstrated that the students had grasped the information content in detail and were able to make intelligent projections on the expected trends in the data and able to answer questions. Conclusion At Merivale High School, we have found that this resource-based learning project works very well, and provides a range of valuable skills to the students.