Data minds

"This book is an inspirational and aspirational introduction to the importance of data literacy for children. It is not a data science curriculum or a collection of prescriptive lessons. Instead, Jo and Cathy weave together beautiful stories of how data can be incorporated into teaching in ways that will engage and enrich the experiences and understandings both of students and teachers. Throughout the authors offer stories of educators around the country using data of all sorts to help build "data minds" in their students--teaching students to think critically, analyze and visualize large amounts of multivariate data, and become savvy and skeptical consumers of information in a time that Boaler has dubbed a "postfactual" era. The book is an introduction to teaching with data written specifically for K-8 teachers, to help them to prepare students to manage the enormous amounts of data they encounter every da--and to introduce them to data literacy before they enter into data science classrooms in high school, higher ed., and beyond. The book presents an evidence-based argument for data science in the curriculum and shares stories and engaging lessons and strategies that will serve as inspiration for teachers to create their own lessons, grounded in what their students care about--whether that be basketball, whales, literature, oceanography, or artwork: This books truly presents data minds across a range of disciplines"-- Provided by publisher.