Computing Education Research Blog

JULY 15, 2024

We want them to be able to understand, critique, and argue with data, both visualizations and tables. If you want students to develop equitable data literacy skills that they can use in their everyday life, then those skills should be taught in social studies classes. Here’s a sketch of the argument.

STEM 95

STEM Geography Argumentation Data Science 95

Futurum

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Economics is the study of how people make decisions, how we choose where to study and work, how we promote fairness in society and how our lives are shaped by market institutions and government policies,” says Dr Emil Temnyalov, an economist at the University of Technology Sydney. How does economics combine mathematics and social science?

Economics 111

Economics Government Mathematics Publication 111

Futurum

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

I spent years volunteering with environmental and educational non-profit organisations and realised that being able to understand environmental policies and systems of governance was critical for protecting natural resources. We’re taught that science is a truth, but that’s as subjective as any other statement.

Geography 98

Geography Research Research Science 98

Ellipsis Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Which is a system used within Python in the event an argument passed to a function is a string, integer or whole number, the passing is like call-by-value because you cannot change the value of the immutable objects passed to the function. Big Data is used in every field from education to government to healthcare.

IoT 52

IoT Computer Science Computer Argumentation 52