Technological Literacy and Statistics Education: A call for thought and<br>research


Authors: 
Robert Gould
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2008
Publisher: 
Proceedings from the 6TH AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON TEACHING STATISTICS (OZCOTS)
URL: 
http://silmaril.math.sci.qut.edu.au/ozcots2008/OZCOTS-08-Proceedings.pdf
Abstract: 

Statistics education should include teaching students statistical technological literacy,<br>which I define to be the ability of students to use and criticize technology in the context of doing<br>statistics. Technological literacy is a very important component of the education of data<br>scientists, particularly because Statistics' unique relationship with technology means that changes<br>in technology affect not only how we practice our profession, but the objects we study. After<br>discussing and illustrating aspects of this relationship, this paper reports on the development of a<br>new journal, Technology Innovations in Statistics Education. The journal was founded with the<br>intent of encouraging more research and discussion into the role that technology plays in statistics<br>education.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education

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