The use of authentic messy data and case studies to improve data literacy skills in high school students

dc.contributor.advisorChairperson, Graduate Committee: C. John Gravesen
dc.contributor.authorEkhoff, Julie Kathrynen
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-31T20:24:45Z
dc.date.available2023-07-31T20:24:45Z
dc.date.issued2022en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the is study was to examine if analyzing and interpreting authentic messy data had any effect on my students' data literacy skills. Additionally, the study examined if case studies were an effective means of communicating authentic data. For this project students were given case studies that presented data using various graphs. Students were then asked to describe, analyze and reach conclusions about the data in the case study. The non-treatment group received case studies with clean data, while the treatment group received case studies with messy data. The two groups were compared using pre- and post-assessment, surveys and student interviews. The results showed that the use of messy data did not impact student data literacy skills, but using messy may increase student ability to think of data critically. Using case studies allowed the students to incorporate information on the subject and data collection methods into their data-based conclusions.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/17461
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMontana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Scienceen
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 by Julie Kathryn Ekhoffen
dc.subject.lcshBiologyen
dc.subject.lcshEnvironmental sciencesen
dc.subject.lcshHigh school studentsen
dc.subject.lcshCase methoden
dc.subject.lcshData setsen
dc.titleThe use of authentic messy data and case studies to improve data literacy skills in high school studentsen
dc.typeProfessional Paperen
mus.data.thumbpage25en
thesis.degree.committeemembersMembers, Graduate Committee: Marcie Reuer; John Patersonen
thesis.degree.departmentMaster of Science in Science Education.en
thesis.degree.genreProfessional Paperen
thesis.degree.nameMSen
thesis.format.extentfirstpage1en
thesis.format.extentlastpage72en

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