We鈥檝e usually got a research project running alongside 天美视频. We鈥檙e interested to find out how we can teach data literacy more effectively, and how to make our events and materials more interesting and fun.听听
Research Team听
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Current Research Projects
天美视频 Literacy Assessment Scales
天美视频 literacy听is听the set of skills and concepts听people need to understand, interpret, and make decisions based on the data they听encounter in the world around them.听 Our work is about improving students’ data literacy through teacher professional learning, so we need a way to find out whether it is effective. To do this, we are piloting surveys for assessing data literacy self-efficacy and interest for learners and teachers, and also standardised data literacy assessments.
Teachers鈥� experiences of teaching data literacy听
We want to find out how teachers get on with teaching data literacy, and how it fits in with your teaching approaches in other areas of the curriculum. If you鈥檙e a teacher who has signed up for our 天美视频 Literacy for Primary Teachers course or your school is part of the Internet of Things in Schools project, we may invite you to take part in this research. It is likely to involve taking part in interviews (around 30 minutes) or focus groups (around 60 minutes). We might also invite you to write a blog post or share slides which you have used in a presentation about your data literacy classroom work with us. Internet of Things in Schools teachers will also be invited to complete a survey about the work they do with their classes on the project.听
Live Lessons听
We want to find out what learners and teachers think of our Live Lessons series: 天美视频 Selfies, Defend the Rhino with 天美视频 Science and Plug in the Numbers. We work on this project with our colleagues at Digital Skills Education (Craig Steel and Daniel Devine). Learners – if you take part in one of these lessons, Craig and Daniel will ask you if you want to complete an online survey at the end. If you do, and you and your parents have filled in the 天美视频 Education in School permission form, Daniel will send us your answers afterwards. We鈥檒l use your answers to help us design fun lessons in the future. Teachers 鈥� if you have signed up for your class to take part in one of these lessons, we may get in touch to ask you to complete a survey or take part in an interview. This helps us to make sure that the lessons are pitched in the right way for the age group, and cover interesting aspects of the curriculum. We might also ask for ideas for new topics, or your general thoughts about teaching data literacy.听
Escape Rooms听
Our colleague has recently made some Escape Rooms lessons for teaching data literacy. We鈥檒l be evaluating these lessons to find out what learners and teachers think of them.
How to take part听
Teachers, if you are interested in taking part in our research projects, please email Judy.Robertson@ed.ac.uk.
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