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Everyday Equitable Data Literacy is Best in Social Studies, far more than in STEM

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We want them to be able to understand, critique, and argue with data, both visualizations and tables. Most of us don’t read Science or Nature. We talk in the paper about Tammy Clegg’s insightful work on how Division 1 athletes use data literacy to communicate with their coaches and trainers about their workouts and diet.

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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

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Most participants come to the programme with little-to-no bird identification experience and live within 20 km of their data collection beach.” Ben and Julia used two social science research methods to gather data. Because environmental geography is such a diverse area of study, the pay can vary widely.

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The power of geographic information systems: bringing data to life with maps

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I went to university to study geography, then started a master’s in meteorology. I was also taking classes in remote sensing and GIS which I found very exciting, so I transitioned back to geography and focused on climatology for my master’s thesis. At school, I gravitated towards the social sciences.