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Peer reviewedSymmes, S. Stowell – Social Education, 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…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Classification, Data Collection, Decision Making
