@inproceedings{cfd1b3ad608c49ef8ba70866e1c079e5,
title = "Using real data in a quantitative methods course to enhance teachers' and school leaders' statistical literacy",
abstract = "Engaging part-time Master of Education students in the study of quantitative research methods is challenging. The majority of them lead busy lives as teachers and/or education leaders, attend their MEd classes in the evenings and plan to engage in small-scale qualitative research for their theses. In this context, it has been hard to motivate students to engage critically and deeply with quantitative research methods. A widespread deficit view of their own competency in mathematics and computing, which are often considered essential, further compounds the problem. This paper describes the redesign of a quantitative methods module and the resulting changed experiences of students. Findings from this practitioner research study point to the positive impact of using a real national data set - the Growing Up in Ireland Dataset - on students' engagement and appreciation of the value of quantitative research in education.",
keywords = "Engagement, Leadership, Literacy, Pedagogy, Quantitative methods, Real data, Statistics, Teacher professional learning",
author = "Manuela Heinz",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; 6th International Conference on Higher Education Advances, HEAd 2020 ; Conference date: 02-06-2020 Through 05-06-2020",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.4995/HEAd20.2020.11260",
language = "English",
series = "International Conference on Higher Education Advances",
publisher = "Universitat Polit{\`e}cnica de Val{\`e}ncia",
pages = "1313--1322",
booktitle = "HEAd 2020 - 6th International Conference on Higher Education Advances",
}
