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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Data literacy"”.
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Kid's Survey Network : teaching data literacy with multiplayer online games
… of all ages today do not have a good grasp of data literacy. Many people simply do not understand statistics, charts, graphs and other survey data, which are all very commonly used in all aspects of everyday life. Kids' Survey Network is a large project that aims to focus the comfort and …
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Design of Energy Dashboard Display to Promote Energy-Data Literacy
… by converting mathematical calculations to data visualizations, creating a story for residents to see how they are consuming energy. Cloud-based data visualization platforms offer the ability to appropriately communicate complex building energy data to a broad set of stakeholders. …
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TOWARD A DATA LITERACY ASSESSMENT THAT IS FAIR FOR LANGUAGE MINORITY STUDENTS
Data literacy is crucial for adolescents to access and navigate data in today’s technology-driven world. Researchers emphasize the need for K-12 students to attain data literacy. However, few available instructions have incorporated validated assessments. Therefore, I developed and implemented the …
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Teachers’ Conceptions of Students’ Data Literacy in Life Science and Physical Science Classes
<p>Data literacy in science is an evolving field of study as students need to be able to collect, analyze, interpret, and make inferences from different sources of data. Much research centers on teachers' use of data to improve instructional practices, but less focus on teachers' conceptions of …
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Data literacy in the digital age : experience design for a workplace learning solution
It is estimated that 2.5 Quintillion bytes of data is produced everyday¹. Majority of this data originates from many business processes rapidly migrating to cloud solutions. Although this is an economic benefit to the organizations that are making this transition, many of the internal teams at the …
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Bridging the Gap: Realigning Executive Data Literacy Education for Strategic Leadership in the Digital Age
Digital transformation has rendered data literacy an essential competency for executive leadership, yet current executive education programs frequently misalign with the strategic and pragmatic needs of senior leaders. This study investigated this misalignment by employing a quantitative research …
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Better the data you know : developing youth data literacy in schools and informal learning environments
… of unprecedented growth in the use and impact of data. While large institutions are using data about individuals to drive decision-making, small organizations and civic hackers are using open and public data to innovate for social good. Meanwhile, the educational and informational resources to …
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Stories through Data: The Relationship between COVID-19 and Data Graphics on The New York TimesFront Page
… investigates the impact of the pandemic on data graphics usage in reporting and its implications for data literacy. The survey comprises 226 data graphics appearing on the front page of The New York Times from 2019 through 2022. Graphics were collected, categorized along a number of metrics, …
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Visual Imprints: Understanding Location Data Through Information Architecture
… ways for people to discover and record personal data. While these devices are raising awareness about biometric information, there is a larger quantified self movement encompassing any type of personal data collected by any means and recorded and shared in a variety of ways. Participants in this …
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Encounters beyond the interface: Data structures, material feminisms, and composition
<p>This dissertation argues that data literacy should be taught in college writing classes along with other new media literacies. Drawing from several areas of study, this dissertation establishes a definition of data literacy, introduces a feminist methodological approach to Big Data and data …
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ScratchStats : a site for visualizing and understanding scratch usage data
… users can view and understand Scratch usage data through a series of interactive visualizations. Scratch is a visual programming language that makes it easy to create interactive stories, games, and artwork. Accompanying the Scratch application is the Scratch Online Community, a website that …
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Food for thought: How interface design fosters collaborative data discussions
Data literacy is an important component in math and science, and an essential skill for participation in society, but research shows it is difficult for students to make sense of data in meaningful ways. Thus, there is a need to understand whether technology, and specific design choices, can affect …
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Using Alternative Data Visualization Formats to Impact Residents Energy Estimation of Household Appliances
Data visualization has the power to portray an informative message when designed with the end user in mind. Energy data visualizations must be tailored to the resident's energy, graphical, and data literacy level. A resident's energy, graphical, and data literacy level depicts their understanding …
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Teacher Leaders’ Perceptions Of Their Influence On The Distributed Leadership Process At A Middle School
… themes, with subthemes emerged from the data as a result of the analysis process. These themes were identified as <em>Leadership style, Empowerment, Social Influence, Commitment</em> <em>and Job Role Confusion</em>. This data allowed the researcher to develop several conclusions, …
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Abandoned chip: Investigating abandonment of commercial wearables
… has compiled many reasons; however, the roles of data literacy and data visualization literacy have been underexplored. Two qualitative studies, an online survey and in depth semi-structured interviews investigated whether insufficient data interpretation is a barrier to sustained tracker use. …
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Making Data Meaningful: Stakeholder Perceptions on Data Visualization and Data Management Practices Within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
<p>Data-driven decision-making and collaboration are core pillars of a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS); however, timely and accessible data use, as well as data literacy and visualization literacy skills, are challenges school leaders and educators face related to implementing such …
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Development of Industrial Internet of Things Architecture and Business Strategy for Digital Substation Asset Management
… new technology focused on connectivity and data to maintain the current leadership. Application of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in the context of substation asset management is thus considered as a possible business value proposition. Market status based on customer interviews showed …
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An Exploration Of Educator Experiences Making Data-Driven Decisions Within A Multi-Tiered System Of Support
… across the country often face challenges using data to implement a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) to meet the needs of all learners through high quality educational opportunities. This qualitative investigation explored how educators in a public school district in the northeastern United …
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Exploring the Impact of Performance-Based Funding Policy Reform: The Role of Institutional Research in Supporting Data-Driven Decision-Making
… enrollment challenges and opportunities but also data and information used to inform decisions. Institutional Research (IR) units are responsible for providing leaders with data and information for this work. However, access to data and information does not imply their effective use (Marsh et al., …
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The Learning curve: An exploration of the digital literacy dimension to ISPs
… models and technologies, incorporating digital literacy programs to reach consumers in poor neighborhoods, and sustain adoption. This study, therefore, seeks to understand how the diverse menu of internet providers, from the recent entrants to the more significant players, use digital literacy …
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