1. Engaging Bodies and Minds in K-12 Education Victor R. Lee
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services Utah
State University
2. Data require their own literacy 51% 47%
3. The next generation workforce demands data literacy
4. Current approaches for teaching data are insufficient The
education system is focusing too much on procedures and too little
on deep understandings of data (e.g., Aliaga, et al., 2010; Cai,
2002; Pollatsek, Lima & Well, 1996) Find the median and mode
for each set of data 1. 21, 21, 23, 32, 43 2. 13, 14, 14, 16,
19
5. Kids can learn hard things But we need to provide them with
the right tools, experiences, and spaces
6. Tools: Wearable devices Can generate large amounts of
personally relevant data in a relatively short amount of time
7. The Twin Study Comparing heart rates of fraternal twins
8. The Old Main Hill Study Does walking uphill or downhill take
more steps? Uphill mean: 140 steps Downhill mean: 122 steps up
down
9. Quantifying Recess (Lee & Drake, 2013)
10. The Accuracy Project Emily: I was looking at my brothers
iPod and saw a Nike step counter I was looking at itand I thought
it was cool, and my Fitbit does the same thing. Lets compare
them.
11. An Unusual Day
12. Are they improving with data? Interpret this set of data:
5, 6, 7, 7, 6, 8, 7, 6, 7, 8, 6, 7, 7, 9, 8, 7, 6, 8, 7, 6, 6, 7,
9, 7, 8, 5, 8, 8, 6, 7 Before After(Lehrer, et al. in press)
13. How is this compared to business as usual? 0 0.5 1 1.5 2
2.5 3 Traditional Instruction New Wearables Based Unit Assessment
Performance Comparison (Lee & Thomas, 2011)
14. A students perspective
15. Thank you Graduate Research Assistants Joel Drake Ryan Cain
Ralph Trumble Scott Smith Nam Ju Kim Min Yuan Undergraduate
Research Assistants Mary Briggs Kylie Williamson Michelle Berry
Partnering schools and districts Edith Bowen Laboratory School
Cache County School District Promontory School of Expeditionary
Learning External Funders National Science Foundation Marriner S.
Eccles Foundation @vicariouslee [email protected] Contact
information: DRL-1054280
