Added activities (use your problem solving skills):

• Now change your table so # of Stitch Functions is the first column. Should you change the order of the items in this column? Why? When would it be useful to have a table like this?
• Now change your table so # of Built In Stitches is the first column. Make all changes necessary. (HINT: think about what to do if several machines have the same number of built in stitches)
• Make a checklist table from the sewing machine information given in the write- ups.

Application Exercise:

• Develop a data table for big screen televisions or vehicles, using the advertisements required.
• Construct three scenario–type questions based on your data table that you could ask learners – these questions must use an integrated essential skills approach and develop learners’ critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Another look at data tables:

• Look at the stock market listings and decide what the purpose of this table is. What information is it conveying?
• Note the column headings.
• Review the vocabulary and abbreviations (a necessary step in deciphering a table).
• Familiarize yourself with the layout and formatting.
• Answer the following questions:
  • Could any other column or columns be the lead column? If yes, what would be the purpose of listing the information that way?
  • If the lead column is changed, do changes to ordering have to be made? Why or why not?
  • What kinds of integrated essentials skills lesson could you deliver using this table?
• Repeat the exercise above using the mortgage rate table.