Statistical literacy supported by students tasks having analytic nature

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11410/16:10337907
Result on the web
<a href="http://erie.pef.czu.cz/Documents/ERIE2016.pdf" target="_blank" >http://erie.pef.czu.cz/Documents/ERIE2016.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Statistical literacy supported by students tasks having analytic nature
Original language description
The goal of this paper is to evaluate the level of statistical literacy of students at universities before attending statistical courses. Complementary to this it also provides suggestion on how to modify other subjects of university study plan not directly related to statistics in order to improve statistical skills of students. The level of knowledge of statistical concepts is determined by a survey with 535 university students of different fields of study including students of information technology. This research provides evidence that statistical skills of corresponding students are not high especially for notions like standard deviation or interquartile range. Although there are differences between students of different study fields, the need for improvement can be considered general. This includes also students of information technology that are of no difference. To solve this situation, we suggest modifying courses of primary study field in a way that helps to improve statistical literacy as well as provide a deeper understanding of topics from a corresponding course. This modification is based on a specific project design of tasks assigned to students. We show this approach on a particular example of modification of two consecutive courses organized at Unicorn College, Prague.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE EFFICIENCY AND RESPONSIBILITY IN EDUCATION
ISBN
978-80-213-2646-0
ISSN
2336-744X
e-ISSN
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Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
228-236
Publisher name
Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze
Place of publication
Praha
Event location
Praha
Event date
May 2, 2016
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
UT code for WoS article
000389901400029

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