After the Count / Your quick guide

Your quick guide

Votes go in. Political power comes out. Investigate how the rules connect them in the UK, Israel, Liberia and New Zealand.

Choose your route. Just exploring makes written explanations optional. For class requires the written work. Both retain the same records, checks, lab comparisons and political choices. Switch with the buttons at the top; your work stays.

Four steps in each case

First thought: make a starting choice, even if unsure. A written hunch is optional.
Evidence & rule: read the numbers and rule, then submit the two interpretation checks. Use Terms or hover, focus or tap a question-mark definition. A calculator is welcome. After two unsuccessful complete submissions, a worked example opens a supported route.
Rule lab: view at least two settings. Ask which figure changes and what operation produces it. Opening a setting records a view, not understanding.
Your brief: choose a recommendation and a supporting record. For class, explain the compared results, a valued consequence, an accepted cost and what evidence added to your starting thought. Name a record that could challenge your argument. File the brief to continue.

Bring two cases together

Choose the institution you are designing, a priority and two cases. For class, write the rule-based comparison and evidence that could make you reconsider. Assembly seat shares and presidential vote shares measure different things. The app checks completion; an instructor assesses the argument.

Save, return and submit

The header says whether work saved in this browser. Browser saves belong to this website, browser profile and device. The two websites do not share saves.
Open Notebook and Download JSON before leaving or changing websites/devices. On the other copy, use Restore JSON. Your current notebook is downloaded before a restore replaces it.
Use Download TXT or Print notebook for a readable response record. Check it before submitting through your course system. Downloading does not submit it.
A separate device or browser profile gives each partner an individual notebook. With one screen, keep individual paper notes.

The full class route has a provisional plan of about 75 minutes, or two sessions. Actual learner time has not been measured. Pause between cases; there is no speed score. Your instructor sets the assigned endpoint.

Keep the task challenging

Use a real number and the correct unit. Explain how the rule makes that number relevant. A reform can have advantages and costs. Your political preference is not a right-or-wrong quiz answer.

Printable assignment and alternative · Artwork and photograph credits