İSTATİSTİKSEL OKURYAZARLIĞA DAİR FİKİRLERİN GENİŞLETİLMESİ: İSTATİSTİK KURULUŞLARININ ÜRÜNLERİ ÜZERİNE BİR ANALİZ

Abstract

Bu çalışma istatistik kuruluşlarının yayımladığı anahtar bilgi ürünlerinin özellikleri üzerine yapılan inceleme niteliğindeki bir çalışmanın sonuçlarını raporlamaktadır. Kamusal alandaki tartışmaların ve kararların odağında yer almalarına karşın bu tip ürünlere, istatistikî okuryazarlığa, istatistik eğitimine veya yetişkinlerin sayısal okuryazarlığına (adult numeracy) dair literatürde çok az değinilmiştir. Altı adet ulusal ve uluslararası istatistik kuruluşunun İnternet – tabanlı ürünlerinin niteliksel bir analizine dayanan bu çalışma, beş ürün türünün (Göstergeler, Basın dağıtımları, Uzman özetleri, Raporlar ve Kitle (küme) verileri ve bulundukları ortamların özelliklerini ana hatlar halinde ortaya koymaktadır. Ayrıca, bu ürünlerdeki bilgiye erişmek, filtrelemek, anlamak ve eleştirel olarak değerlendirmek için gereken becerilerin özelleştirilmesine yönelik uygulamaları da tartışmaktadır. İleriye dönük araştırma ve eğitim uygulamaları için talimatlar özet halinde sunulmuştur.

Keywords

• İstatistik eğitimi araştırması, İstatistiksel okuryazarlık, Resmi istatistik, Eğitim Teknolojisi, Yetişkin sayısal okuryazarlığı, Matematik eğitimi

References

1. Bright, G. W. & Friel, S. N. (1998). Graphical representations: Helping students interpret data.
2. In S. P. Lajoie (Ed.), Reflections on Statistics: Learning, Teaching, and Assessment in Grades K-12 (pp. 63-88). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Cerrito, P. B. (1999). Teaching statistical literacy. College Teaching, 47(1), 1-7.
3. Cobb, G. W. (1992). Teaching statistics. In L. A. Steen (Ed.), Heeding the Call for Change:
4. Suggestions for Curricular Action (pp. 3-43). Washington, D.C.: Mathematical Association of America. Cohn, V. & Cope, L. (2001). News and Numbers : A Guide to Reporting Statistical Claims and Controversies in Health and Other Fields. Iowa City: Iowa State University Press. Crossen, C.
5. (1994). Tainted Truth: The Manipulation of Fact in America. New York: Simon & Schuster.
6. Dede, C. (2000). Emerging influences of information technology on school curriculum. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 32(2), 281-303.
7. European Commission. (1996). Wliite paper on education and training: Teaching and learning- towards the learning society. Luxembourg: Office for official publications of the European Commission.
8. Frankenstein, M. (1990). Incorporating race, gender, and class issues into a critical mathematical literacy curriculum. Journal of Negro Education, 59(3), 336-347.

9. Franklin, B. (Ed.) (1999). Social Policy, the Media and Misrepresentation. London:
10. Routledge. Gal, I. (2000). The numeracy challenge. In I. Gal (Ed.), Adult Numeracy
11. Development: Theory, Research, Practice (pp. 1-25). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. Gal, I. (2002a). Adult statistical literacy: Meanings, components, responsibilities.
12. International Statistical Review, 70(1), 1-25. Gal, I, (2002b). Dispositional aspects of coping with interpretive numeracy tasks. Literacy and Numeracy Studies, 12(2), 47-61.
13. Gelman, A., Nolan, D., Men, A., Warmerdam, S. & Bautista, M. (1998). Student projects on statistical literacy and the media. The American Statistician, 52(2), 160-166.
14. Joram, E., Resnick, L. & Gabriele, A. J. (1995). Numeracy as a cultural practice: An examination of numbers in magazines for children, teenagers, and adults. Journal for
15. Research in Mathematics Education, 26(4), 346-361. Lehohla, P. (2002). Promoting statistical literacy: A South African perspective. In B. Phillips, (Ed.),
16. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conferences on Teaching Statistics. Voorburg, the Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. CD ROM. Moreno, J. L. (2002). Toward a statistically literate citizenry: What statistics everyone should know. In B. Phillips, (Ed). Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on
17. Teaching Statistics. Voorburg, the Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. CD ROM. Mosenthal, P. B. & Kirsch, I. S. (1998). A new measure for assessing document complexity: The PMOSE/IKIRSCH document readability formula. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, (8), 638-657.
18. Murray, S. & Gal, I. (2002). Preparing for diversity in statistics literacy: Institutional and educational implications. In B. Phillips, (Ed). Proceedings of the Sixth International
19. Conference on Teaching Statistics. Voorburg, the Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. CD ROM. Phillips, B. (2002) (Ed.), Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Teaching
20. Statistics. Voorburg, the Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. CD ROM. Podehl, W. M. (2002). Statistical literacy and the media. In B. Phillips, (Ed). Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Teaching Statistics. Voorburg, the Netherlands:
21. International Statistical Institute. CD ROM. Statistics Canada and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. (1996).
22. Literacy, economy, and society: First results from the International Adult Literacy Survey. Ottawa: Author. Thistlewaite, L. L. (1990). Critical reading for at-risk students.
23. Journal of Reading, 33(8), 586-593. Utts, J. M. (1996). Seeing through statistics. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
24. Wallman, K. K. (1993). Enhancing statistical literacy: Enriching our society. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 88, 1-8.
25. Watson, J. (1997). Assessing statistical literacy through the use of media surveys. In I. Gal & J.
26. Garfield, (Eds.), The Assessment Challenge in Statistics Education (pp. 107-121). Amsterdam, Netherlands: International Statistical Institute and IOS Press. Watson, J. M., & Moritz, J. B. (2000). Development of understanding of sampling for statistical literacy. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 19, 109-136.