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Oluwafemi, Adeagbo; Xulu, S.; Dlamini, N.; Luthuli, M.; Mhlongo, T.; Herbst, C.; Shahmanesh, M.; Seeley, J. – Field Methods, 2021
Transforming spoken words into written text in qualitative research is a vital step in familiarizing and immersing oneself in the data. We share a three-step approach of how data transcription facilitated an interpretative act of analysis in a study using qualitative data collection methods on the barriers and facilitators of HIV testing and…
Descriptors: Transcripts (Written Records), Data Analysis, Qualitative Research, Data Interpretation
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Harris, Frank – School Science Review, 2020
The year 2020 saw the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic that not only had wide-reaching social and economic consequences but also put healthcare systems under stress. Strategies for coping with the virus depended heavily on the interpretation of data. This article uses information from a UK upper tier local authority to examine how closely the…
Descriptors: Pandemics, COVID-19, Data Interpretation, Prediction
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MacKay, Jon – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2022
Students need to know how to discern patterns and make decisions using visual information in our modern economy. However, there are few sources of real-world information available to instructors that give students access to visualizations to help develop their skills in interpreting complex situations using diverse data sources. This article…
Descriptors: Pandemics, COVID-19, Visual Aids, Data Analysis
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Annie Irvine – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2024
Engaging with primary researchers during qualitative secondary analysis is a practice much recommended but rarely written about. In this article, I reflect on my experience of crossing an imagined boundary between the discrete textual dataset and its creators, of acknowledging and engaging with those researchers who invested in constructing the…
Descriptors: Researchers, Foreign Countries, Primary Sources, Research Methodology
Gouëdard, Pierre – OECD Publishing, 2021
Across OECD countries, the increasing demand for evidence-based policy making has further led governments to design policies jointly with clear measurable objectives, and to define relevant indicators to monitor their achievement. This paper discusses the importance of such indicators in supporting the implementation of education policies.…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Program Implementation, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Education Scotland, 2020
Through our national thematic reports HM Inspectors of Education share their professional view on particular aspects of education. This report focuses on sharing the key features which, when taken together, make the greatest difference to using assessment effectively to improve learning and teaching and in turn, outcomes for children and young…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, General Education, Educational Practices
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Prodromou, Theodosia – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2016
New technologies have completely altered the ways that citizens can access data. Indeed, emerging online data sources give citizens access to an enormous amount of numerical information that provides new sorts of evidence used to influence public opinion. In this new environment, two trends have had a significant impact on our increasingly…
Descriptors: Tables (Data), Data Interpretation, Information Skills, Capacity Building
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Fitzallen, Noleine; Watson, Jane; Wright, Suzie – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2017
When working within a meaningful context quite young students are capable of working with sophisticated data. Year 3 students investigate thermal insulation and the transfer of heat in a STEM inquiry, developing skills in measuring temperature by conducting a statistical investigation, and using a stylised graph to interpret their data.
Descriptors: Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Graphs, Data Interpretation
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Hesse-Biber, Sharlene – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2015
There are pedagogical challenges USA students and instructors face within mixed methods classrooms. Instructors of mixed methods are often self-taught, lacking adequate training in both qualitative and quantitative approaches to research. Students are not often trained in both research approaches. These dual training gaps can result in deep…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Graduate Students, College Faculty, Teaching Methods
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Bennett, Kimberley Ann – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2015
Students may need explicit training in informal statistical reasoning in order to design experiments or use formal statistical tests effectively. By using scientific scandals and media misinterpretation, we can explore the need for good experimental design in an informal way. This article describes the use of a paper that reviews the measles mumps…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Thinking Skills, Research Design, Data Interpretation
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English, Lyn; Watson, Jane – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2016
Statistical literacy is a vital component of numeracy. Students need to learn to critically evaluate and interpret statistical information if they are to become informed citizens. This article examines a Year 5 unit of work that uses the data collection and analysis cycle within a sustainability context.
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Statistics, Data, Data Interpretation
Vallack, Jocene – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2015
My privileged opportunity to work with renowned Drama theorist, Dorothy Heathcote, in Melbourne in the 1970s, set a foundation for what I now call Theatre as Education research. Formerly a teacher of Secondary Drama, I became very experienced at creating plays with my students, based on their own ideas, or inspired by the stories of the community.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theater Arts, Drama, Educational Research
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Stander, Julian; Dalla Valle, Luciana – Journal of Statistics Education, 2017
We discuss the learning goals, content, and delivery of a University of Plymouth intensive module delivered over four weeks entitled MATH1608PP Understanding Big Data from Social Networks, aimed at introducing students to a broad range of techniques used in modern Data Science. This module made use of R, accessed through RStudio, and some popular…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Mathematics, Statistics
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Alper, Paul – Higher Education Review, 2014
In 1916 Robert Frost published his famous poem, "The Road Not Taken," in which he muses about what might have been had he chosen a different path, made a different choice. While counterfactual arguments in general can often lead to vacuous nowheres, frequently in statistics the data that are not presented actually exist, in a sense,…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Data Analysis, Error of Measurement, Theory Practice Relationship
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Adler, Jill; Ronda, Erlina – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2015
We describe and use an analytical framework to document mathematics discourse in instruction (MDI), and interpret differences in mathematics teaching. MDI is characterised by four interacting components in the teaching of a mathematics lesson: exemplification (occurring through a sequence of examples and related tasks), explanatory talk (talk that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Discourse Analysis, Models, Teaching Models
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