Statistical literacy is gaining recognition as something that people should have in order to function fully in 21st century’s society. On a daily basis an enormous volume of data are available through the Web; making the best of it demands possession of a high level of statistical training. In this paper we present a new technology-augmented teaching scenario, implemented in a way that it may be fully utilized by both teachers and students. Using the features of the web-based platform statistics4school – a free online educational tool for statistical analysis in the Greek language – it paths a teaching method that can be readily facilitated in the classroom. The presented worksheet allows students to have an interdisciplinary approach and be actively involved in the learning process through the exploratory teaching method. In this manner we maintain they will be able to correctly comprehend the goals of the teaching scenario, as they progressively develop their statistical, optical, and digital literacy.
Statistical literacy is of the utmost importance in modern societies traversing the era of Big Data, where virtually everyone has access to a tremendous volume of information but, at the same time, only a very limited percentage possess the ability to process and comprehend. There is no doubt that it is challenging to collect and use up-to-date statistical information in problem-solving when dealing with complex datasets. Moreover, cannot talk about statistical and data literacy without mentioning spatial thinking development and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) use. So in the paper we present the web-based platform, statistics4school.eu which designed and implemented to bridge the gap that there are neither any free online educational tools for statistical analysis available for the Greek language nor are there any that can produce visualized messages based on the geography of individual Greek regions and sub-regions, in a way that can be readily facilitated in the classroom.
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