Type of Publication: Article in Collected Edition

The Road to Finding Interesting Contexts for Teaching Data Literacy at School

Author(s):

Napierala, S.

Editor:

Brinda, T.; Armoni, M.

Title of Anthology:

15th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE '20), October 28-30, 2020, Virtual Event, Germany

Publisher:

ACM Press

Location(s):

New York, NY, USA

Publication Date:

2020

Language:

Englisch

Keywords:

students' interests, data literacy, familiarity of contexts

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

doi:10.1145/3421590.3421620

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Talk associated with this publication:

15th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE '20)

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Abstract

Interest has a not negligible effect on learning motivation and success. Thereby, the development of interests in school subject contents is also affected by its context during teaching. Whether these contexts should be close to the everyday life of the students or more distant (uncommon) in order to be more interesting for them, is an open question.
In this paper, a selection of 12 contexts for teaching data literacy is described and first findings are presented on how 7th and 8th grade students assess these contexts in relation to everyday life. This pilot study (N=28) primarily serves to test the questionnaire and its comprehensibility, but also gives first insights on expected results for the upcoming main study.