TEACHER CALA GUIDE

NAME OF SCHOOL: Madziwa Teachers College

TYPE: Practical; Pen and Paper
LEARNING AREA: Geography
LEVEL: Form 3
SYLLABUS TOPIC: Settlement and Population
SYLLABUS SUB TOPIC: Population Data Collection
CALA TITLE: Conducting a Sample Survey
COMPETENCE SKILLS: Critical thinking, problem solving, Constructing, Designing

BACKGROUND
Madziwa ward 16 is made up of 6 villages. The college community is one of the villages. The Govt. of
Zimbabwe wants to donate food items to the ward. The councillor is requested to give statistics of the
population in the ward. The councillor does not have an idea of the number of people in the ward. Your
learners should carry out a sample survey on population statistics in one of the villages order to come up
with an estimated population of ward 16 which they should then upraise the councillor.

CALA DESCRIPTION
This CALA has a total of 40 marks. It consists of parts A and B. You are required to respond to all parts.

OBJECTIVES TO BE ACHIEVED
The learners should be able to:
(i). Design a questionnaire that they will use to carry out the survey.
(ii). Carry out a survey by interviewing people in one of the villages to establish the village population.
(iii).Present the data collected in Part A in a tabular form.
(iv).Use the data collected in Part A to come up with the estimated ward population and prepare a
summary table using the format shown below:

Age(Yrs. 0-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100
)
Males
Females
Totals
ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE
Assessment will be based on evidence of the following:-
 Designing of a survey questionnaire. (10)
 Interviewing of people in all households in one of the villages. (10)
 Compilation and presentation of village population data in a tabular form. (10)
 Compilation of the general distribution of the estimated ward population in a tabula form. (10)

ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS
Dimension/criteria Excellent Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
Survey 10-8 7-6 5 4-0
Questionnaire Managed to Managed to Managed to Managed to
Designing: capture: capture: capture: capture:
 Names of  Names of  Names of  Names of
 Should capture all
people people people people
the important
 Dates of births  Dates of births  Dates of births  Dates of births
Information.  Ages  Ages  Ages or or
 Sex  Sex or,  Any three  Any two aspects
 Places of births  Any four aspects of of information.
 Occupations aspects of information.
information.
Communication 10-8 7-6 5 4-0
skills:  Incorporation of  If one  If two  If no dimension
curtesy. dimension is dimensions are has been
 Questions asked missing missing incorporated
in local
language.
 Use of follow
up questions
Presentation of 10-8 7-6 5 4-0
village population  Cleary defined  Two of the  /Only one  No clear
data in a tabular ages. parameters are parameter is parameter is
form.  Clearly defined clearly defined. clearly defined. shown except a
sex. table drawn.
 Clearly defined
totals per age
range and per
sex.
Presentation of the 10-8 7-6 5 4-0
estimated ward 16  All entries per  At least 8  At least 5  Less than 5
population age range per entries per age entries per age entries per age
sex and their range and per range and per and sex are
totals are sex are correct. sex are correct. correct
correct.

CALA tips: Remember to capture all members who stay in any given household.