TY - GEN
T1 - Changes in the Media Landscape in the Wake of COVID-19 as a Catalyst for Data Literacy Development thru Life Routines
AU - Tabak, Iris
AU - Dubovi, Ilana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - Do life circumstances introduce opportunities to learn? COVID-19 created a public need for information on the epidemiological developments of this pandemic, resulting in an upsurge in graphical representations in the media. Using a survey, we examine whether, in the wake of COVID-19, people make greater use of data representations, and whether this relates to their confidence in interpreting these representations. We also evaluate their graph interpretation skills. To understand the role of rudimentary education in this process, we report on participants with 12 or less years of education. We found that people mostly increased their use of graphs, and that this explains an increase in their confidence to interpret graphs. People with stronger skills had a higher increase in graph use. People with weaker skills, also increased, rather than avoided, graph use. Life experiences can prompt change and growth, and the media landscape can play a role in this process.
AB - Do life circumstances introduce opportunities to learn? COVID-19 created a public need for information on the epidemiological developments of this pandemic, resulting in an upsurge in graphical representations in the media. Using a survey, we examine whether, in the wake of COVID-19, people make greater use of data representations, and whether this relates to their confidence in interpreting these representations. We also evaluate their graph interpretation skills. To understand the role of rudimentary education in this process, we report on participants with 12 or less years of education. We found that people mostly increased their use of graphs, and that this explains an increase in their confidence to interpret graphs. People with stronger skills had a higher increase in graph use. People with weaker skills, also increased, rather than avoided, graph use. Life experiences can prompt change and growth, and the media landscape can play a role in this process.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85145771396
T3 - Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
SP - 187
EP - 194
BT - ISLS Annual Meeting 2021 Reflecting the Past and Embracing the Future - 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2021
A2 - de Vries, Erica
A2 - Hod, Yotam
A2 - Ahn, June
PB - International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
T2 - 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2021
Y2 - 8 June 2021 through 11 June 2021
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