"Talking to People in the Community Who Know About Issues": Understanding Community Through Data Investigations

• In Event: Strengthening Teacher Preparation: Retention Strategies, Culturally Responsive Readiness, and Community-Engaged Professional Development

Abstract

This proposal addresses how high school statistics teachers understand their local community during a specific segment of a week-long professional development focused on data investigations and local food insecurity during the summer of 2024. As part of a larger design-based research study, this proposed presentation foregrounds a set of design principles that guide the development of learning activities with teacher-participants. Data was analyzed using the design principles, focusing specifically on how the community-based data investigation required participants to engage in iterative cycles of reflection and action. Our findings reveal that engaging with community-based data investigations motivates teachers to address local problems by integrating them into their statistics curricula.

Authors

• Mandana Delavari, University of Houston

• Laura Shelton, University of Houston

• Travis Weiland, University of North Carolina - Charlotte