Lesson Notes

TOPIC Data capture SUB TOPIC

25th March, 2009
CLASS Year 10 DATE / Time
(30 minutes)
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson the students’ should be able to
1. Recall what a data capture is.
2. Elaborate the advantages and disadvantages of an automated data
capture.
3. Distinguish the different types of data capture and turnaround
documents.
4. Discuss its advantages.

METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Greet students and enquire about their last week project (1minute)

Lesson Development (25 minutes)

• Elicit from the students the meaning of data.

• Then talk of capturing those data for various purposes.

Example: A subscription, questionnaire etc

• Discuss what data capture is by providing examples such as a POS

report.

• Discuss what a turnaround document is.

Lesson Closure : (4 minutes)

• Recap of the lesson ( 2 minutes)

• Group discussion (2 minutes) what kind of data capture form is shown

here?
Homework:
Go to a supermarket and see how the cashier checks out items bought.
Submit a report on what happens when you pay at the cashier.(or)
Observe the gas board meter reading if possible.

EVALUATION

COMMENT: TANDA TANGAN / SIGNATURE:

(Principal, HOD) (Principal, HOD)
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DATE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DATA CAPTURE

ASSESSMENTS: (25 marks)

(1)Fill in the blanks with appropriate words: (15 marks)

(Bar codes, information, read, logging, documents, keyed, price,

operator, processing, recognize, questionnaires, directly, readers,
form, obtaining)

Data capture means ______________ data for a computer. Collecting

____________________ which have been filled in, and preparing them for a
keyboard _______________________.Asking people to fill in
_______________________________. Automated data capture means
obtaining data ____________________ by an input device. They include using
document ______________________to read text from documents and scanning
coded data such as _________________ and magnetic stripes and using sensors
for data______________.

In supermarket the assistant uses a scanner to ________ the barcode on each

item which sends back the name of the Item and its ______________ to be
printed on the receipt.
A turnaround document is a ___________ which is produced by a computer, has
more data added to it and is then input to the computer again for further
____________. Data which is already known to the computer does not have to
be written or ____________ again. The computer can ________________ each
individual document using _________________ it has already printed on it.

A MODEL POINT-OF-SALE:
(2)WRITTEN REPORT: (10 marks)
You are going to buy some stuff in a supermarket. What happens at the checkout
counter or what are the processes which take place there?
Write your observation in your own words.