ERIC Number: EJ1435823
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jul
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
EISSN: EISSN-2330-0582
Cultivating Critical Statistical Literacy in the Classroom
Liza Bondurant; Stephanie Somersille
Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, v117 n7 p507-511 2024
This article describes an activity and resource from The New York Times that can be used to help learners cultivate critical statistical literacy. Critical statistical literacy involves understanding, interpreting, and questioning statistical information to make informed decisions (Casey et al., 2023; Franklin et al., 2015; Weiland, 2017). It is a vital skill that needs to be learned and reinforced with students early and often. The authors find What's Going On in This Graph? (WGOITGraph?), a collaboration between the American Statistical Association (ASA) and The New York Times Learning Network (NYT LN), to be a useful, accessible, effective online resource and share an example implementation.
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Teaching Methods, Newspapers, Decision Making, Data Interpretation, Graphs, Networks, National Organizations, Statistics, Instructional Effectiveness, Grade 8, Learning Activities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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