64th ISI World Statistics Congress - Ottawa, Canada

64th ISI World Statistics Congress - Ottawa, Canada

Statistical Fluency 2.0: A Hands-On Journey in Social Sciences Education

Author

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Rafael Alberto Méndez-Romero

Co-author

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    Sofía Carrerá-Martínez

Conference

64th ISI World Statistics Congress - Ottawa, Canada

Format: IPS Abstract

Keywords: experiential, innovation, statistics

Session: IPS 228 - Building Bridges: data fellowships + data skills = international data literacy

Monday 17 July 2 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. (Canada/Eastern)

Abstract

Statistical education in social sciences majors is reaching a pivotal point, turning from theory-based learning to a more hands-on approach. To better engage students in statistical learning, especially from this experiential perspective, we propose that it should occur at 3 key moments: during childhood and adolescence (taking advantage of the STEM approach), during university (with strong pedagogical innovation) and in adulthood (through lifelong learning). To illustrate the proposal, we show some affirmative actions we developed at the Universidad del Rosario (Colombia)