Critical Views of 8th Grade Students toward Statistical Data in Newspaper Articles: Analysis in Light of Statistical Literacy

Autor/inn/en	Guler, Mustafa; Gursoy, Kadir; Guven, Bulent
Titel	Critical Views of 8th Grade Students toward Statistical Data in Newspaper Articles: Analysis in Light of Statistical Literacy
Quelle	In: Cogent Education, 3 (2016) 1, Artikel 1268773 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2331-186X
DOI	10.1080/2331186X.2016.1268773
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Middle School Students; Grade 8; Data Interpretation; Interpretive Skills; Data Analysis; Newspapers; Literacy; Interviews; Critical Thinking; Data Collection; Case Studies; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung; Interpretationsmethode; Auswertung; Newspaper; Zeitung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kritisches Denken; Data capture; Datensammlung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Türkei
Abstract	Understanding and interpreting biased data, decision-making in accordance with the data, and critically evaluating situations involving data are among the fundamental skills necessary in the modern world. To develop these required skills, emphasis on statistical literacy in school mathematics has been gradually increased in recent years. The critical views of 8th graders with respect to statistical data presented in several newspaper articles were investigated from various aspects through this descriptive study. The study was conducted in a middle school with 9 students at the 8th grade level. The statistical data included in news articles selected from different national newspapers published in Turkey were used to collect the data. Through clinical interviews, the evaluations of the students were determined from the aspects of consistency, sample, data collection, data analysis, data presentation, and data support; the reasoning behind the students' evaluations was also discussed. As a result, it was determined that the students did not perform well during their critical evaluations of newspaper articles that included research data. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01