2021 Poster – How can news reporting support people in better quantitative reasoning?

December 5th, 2021 | RESEARCH

This poster was presented at the 2021 NSF AISL Awardee Meeting.

The project's activities include regular forums of journalists and social scientists (Slack & Zoom), experimentation with different ways of presenting stats in news graphics and text, focus groups and experiments with audiences, and resources to support journalists beyond our team.

Document

1906802_Patti-Parson-and-Jena-Barchas-Lichtenstein_Meaningful-Math_2021-PI-Meeting.pdf

Team Members

Patti Parson, Principal Investigator, PBS Newshour
Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein, Co-Principal Investigator, Knology
Laura Santhanam, Contributor, PBS Newshour
Jim Hammerman, Contributor, TERC
Eric Hochberg, Contributor

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1906802

Related URLs

Meaningful Math: News Media for Increasing Adult Statistical Literacy

Tags

Audience: Adults | Museum | ISE Professionals | Scientists
Discipline: Mathematics | Social science and psychology
Resource Type: Conference Proceedings | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Broadcast Media | Media and Technology