Time-use teaching resource
NZ Maths has created the Time Use Survey resource to accompany the latest Time Use Survey released by Statistics New Zealand in June 2011.
Time use surveys measure the ways in which different population groups spend their time. The first New Zealand Time Use Survey was carried out in 1998/99, sponsored by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and designed by Statistics NZ. The Time Use Survey: 2009/10 is the second national survey, and was designed and conducted by Statistics NZ.
With the resource, students will track what they do for 24 hours and then analyse and compare their results.
Conduct the survey with your own class and find out what your students do with their time!
About the resource
This unit gives survey experience by providing students with the opportunity to design, collect, and analyse data on how they spend their time.
Specific learning outcomes:
- plan an investigation
- choose and construct appropriate data displays
- discuss features of data displays using mean, median, and mode, and looking at the range
- where appropriate, state implications from their investigation
- look at possible further investigation or improvements to their investigation.
What you will need
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Time Use Survey – familiarise yourself with the survey and the latest results released by Statistics NZ before using the resource.
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NZ Maths Time Use Survey resource – this resource is hosted on the NZ Maths website and contains activities and templates.