Geographical Skills charts. Basic Skills To include: annotation of illustrative material, base Graphical Skills • To include use of: maps, sketch maps, OS maps, diagrams, graphs, sketches, photographs etc line graphs simple, comparative, • – compound and divergent use of overlays • literacy skills. bar graphs simple, comparative, • • – compound and divergent Investigative Skills scatter graphs and use of best fit line • – To include: pie charts and proportional divided • identification of geographical questions • circles and issues, and effective approaches to triangular graphs • enquiry kite and radial diagrams • identification, selection and collection • logarithmic scales • of quantitative and qualitative evidence dispersion diagrams. • from primary sources (including fieldwork) and secondary sources ICT Skills processing, presentation, analysis and • To include: interpretation of evidence use of remotely sensed data • – drawing conclusions and showing an • photographs, digital images including awareness of the validity of conclusions those captured by satellite evaluation • use of databases, e.g. census data, • risk assessment and identification of • Environment Agency data; strategies for minimising health and meteorological office data safety risks in undertaking fieldwork. use of geographical information • systems (GIS) Cartographic Skills presentation of text and graphical and • To include use of: cartographic images using ICT. atlas maps • base maps • Statistical Skills sketch maps • To include at AS: Ordnance Survey maps at a variety of • measures of central tendency mean, • – scales mode, median maps with located proportional • measures of dispersion interquartile • – symbols squares, circles, semi-circles, – range and standard deviation bars Spearman’s rank correlation test • maps showing movement flow lines, • – application of significance level in • desire lines and trip lines inferential statistical results. detailed town centre • In addition, to include at A2: choropleth, isoline and dot maps. • comparative tests Chi-squared, Mann • – In addition, to include at A2: Whitney U Test. weather maps including synoptic • –
Geographical Skills Basic Skills To include: • annotation of illustrative material, base maps, sketch maps, OS maps, diagrams, graphs, sketches, photographs etc • use of overlays • literacy skills. Investigative Skills To include: • identification of geographical questions and issues, and effective approaches to enquiry • identification, selection and collection of quantitative and qualitative evidence from primary sources (including fieldwork) and secondary sources • processing, presentation, analysis and interpretation of evidence • drawing conclusions and showing an awareness of the validity of conclusions • evaluation • risk assessment and identification of strategies for minimising health and safety risks in undertaking fieldwork. Cartographic Skills To include use of: • atlas maps • base maps • sketch maps • Ordnance Survey maps at a variety of scales • maps with located proportional symbols – squares, circles, semi-circles, bars • maps showing movement – flow lines, desire lines and trip lines • detailed town centre • choropleth, isoline and dot maps. In addition, to include at A2: • weather maps – including synoptic charts. Graphical Skills To include use of: • line graphs – simple, comparative, compound and divergent • bar graphs – simple, comparative, compound and divergent • scatter graphs – and use of best fit line • pie charts and proportional divided circles • triangular graphs • kite and radial diagrams • logarithmic scales • dispersion diagrams. ICT Skills To include: • use of remotely sensed data – photographs, digital images including those captured by satellite • use of databases, e.g. census data, Environment Agency data; meteorological office data • use of geographical information systems (GIS) • presentation of text and graphical and cartographic images using ICT. Statistical Skills To include at AS: • measures of central tendency – mean, mode, median • measures of dispersion – interquartile range and standard deviation • Spearman’s rank correlation test • application of significance level in inferential statistical results. In addition, to include at A2: • comparative tests – Chi-squared, Mann Whitney U Test.
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