Videos as formative and summative assessment of students’ learning in civic statistics
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https://doi.org/10.52041/iase25.110Abstract
Formative and summative assessments provide essential feedback to both teachers and learners, highlighting what is valued in the learning process and measuring the extent of student progress. In this study, we analyze 37 short videos created by teams of two or three students in a Civic Statistics course. Each video follows a structured script that includes: introducing a hot sociopolitical topic, describing the structure and origin of a rich dataset, presenting data visualizations and analyses leading to well- founded conclusions, and offering a critical review. The video analysis provides insights into students’ abilities to analyze data using suitable graphical presentations and data moves, as well as their capacity to connect statistical findings with sociopolitical contexts.References
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