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Constructing a Course on Classification Methods for Undergraduate Non-Stem Students: Striving to Reach Knowledge Discovery
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Anna Khalemsky; Roy Gelbard; Yelena Stukalin – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2025
Classification, a fundamental data analytics task, has widespread applications across various academic disciplines, such as marketing, finance, sociology, psychology, education, and public health. Its versatility enables researchers to explore diverse research questions and extract valuable insights from data. Therefore, it is crucial to extend…
Descriptors: Classification, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Data Science
Studying the Opportunities Provided by an Applied High School Mathematics Course: Explorations in Data Science
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Jo Boaler; Kira Conte; Ken Cor; Jack A. Dieckmann; Tanya LaMar; Jesse Ramirez; Megan Selbach-Allen – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2025
This article reports on a multi-method study of a high school course in data science, finding that students who take data science take more mathematics courses than those who do not, there are more under-represented students in data science than is typical for other advanced mathematics courses; that the students who take data science are more…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Opportunities, High School Students, Data Science
Co-ML: Collaborative Machine Learning Model Building for Developing Dataset Design Practices
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Tiffany Tseng; Matt J. Davidson; Luis Morales-Navarro; Jennifer King Chen; Victoria Delaney; Mark Leibowitz; Jazbo Beason; R. Benjamin Shapiro – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2024
Machine learning (ML) models are fundamentally shaped by data, and building inclusive ML systems requires significant considerations around how to design representative datasets. Yet, few novice-oriented ML modeling tools are designed to foster hands-on learning of dataset design practices, including how to design for data diversity and inspect…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Models, Data Processing, Design
Using Competition to Improve Students' Learning in a Project-Based Learning Course: The Systemic Impacts of the Data Science Olympics
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Joao Alberto Arantes do Amaral; Izabel Patricia Meister; Valeria Sperduti Lima; Gisele Grinevicius Garbe – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2023
In this article, we presented our findings regarding an online project-based learning course, delivered to 64 students from the Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, during the COVID-19 pandemic, in the second semester of 2021. The course had the goal of teaching Project Management by means of a competition (the Data Science Olympics). Our goal…
Descriptors: Competition, Active Learning, Student Projects, Data Science
Fostering the Development of Earth Data Science Skills in a Diverse Community of Online Learners: A Case Study of the Earth Data Science Corps
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Nathan A. Quarderer; Leah Wasser; Anne U. Gold; Patricia Montaño; Lauren Herwehe; Katherine Halama; Emily Biggane; Jessica Logan; David Parr; Sylvia Brady; James Sanovia; Charles Jason Tinant; Elisha Yellow Thunder; Justina White Eyes; LaShell Poor Bear/Bagola; Madison Phelps; Trey Orion Phelps; Brett Alberts; Michela Johnson; Nathan Korinek; William Travis; Naomi Jacquez; Kaiea Rohlehr; Emily Ward; Elsa Culler; R. Chelsea Nagy; Jennifer Balch – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2025
Today's data-driven world requires earth and environmental scientists to have skills at the intersection of domain and data science. These skills are imperative to harness information contained in a growing volume of complex data to solve the world's most pressing environmental challenges. Despite the importance of these skills, Earth and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Earth Science, Environmental Education, Science Education
Effect of Students' Ethnic and Cultural Backgrounds on the Success of Practical Projects within Statistics and Data Science Courses
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Anna Khalemsky; Yelena Stukalin – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2024
The article describes the inclusive perspective of instruction of multi-stage practical projects in undergraduate non-STEM statistics and data mining courses at an academic college in Israel. The student population is highly diverse, comprising individuals from various cultural and ethnic groups. The study examines the impact of diversity on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Statistics Education, Data Science