Outputs (38)

Covid-19 shows why we need Civic Statistics: illustrations and classroom activities (2022)
Book Chapter
Ridgway, J., & Ridgway, R. (2022). Covid-19 shows why we need Civic Statistics: illustrations and classroom activities. In J. Ridgway (Ed.), Statistics for empowerment and social engagement: teaching Civic Statistics to develop informed citizens (297-319). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20748-8_12

There are few better examples than a pandemic to demonstrate the importance of, and need for, Civic Statistics. Every country affected by Covid-19 faces the threat of widespread deaths, economic damage, and social disruption. Citizens and governments... Read More about Covid-19 shows why we need Civic Statistics: illustrations and classroom activities.

Civic Statistics in context: mapping the global evidence ecosystem (2022)
Book Chapter
Ridgway, J., & Ridgway, R. (2022). Civic Statistics in context: mapping the global evidence ecosystem. In J. Ridgway (Ed.), Statistics for empowerment and social engagement: teaching Civic Statistics to develop informed citizens (581-607). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20748-8_23

Human knowledge is not a coherent body of carefully structured knowledge, created by an expert group, and made accessible to others. Rather, it should be thought of as a dynamic ecosystem made up of creators and consumers connected in complex ways. H... Read More about Civic Statistics in context: mapping the global evidence ecosystem.

Covid and data science: Understanding R0 could change your life (2021)
Journal Article

The Covid epidemic has provided an excellent example of the need to call on a wide variety of statistical tools to address a global problem, and can give students insights into some of the dimensions of data science. Here, we describe some of the cha... Read More about Covid and data science: Understanding R0 could change your life.

Teaching for Citizen Empowerment and Engagement (2019)
Journal Article

Citizen Empowerment - changing the face of statistical literacy (2019)
Conference Proceeding
(in press). Citizen Empowerment - changing the face of statistical literacy.

Looking Back- Looking Forward; Statistics and the Data Science Tsunami (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The discipline of statistics arose from pressing needs to address a variety of social and scientific problems. The founders of the Royal Statistical Society in the UK, and the American Statistical Association were very diverse in their backgrounds an... Read More about Looking Back- Looking Forward; Statistics and the Data Science Tsunami.

Problematising high-stakes assessment in statistics (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Statistics emerged as a discipline to address pressing practical problems. In the UK, this has not been reflected in school statistics curricula, where students often work with small-scale invented data to develop mastery of statistical technique. Re... Read More about Problematising high-stakes assessment in statistics.

Data Science for all: A stroll in the foothills (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Data science presents both opportunities and threats to conventional statistics courses. Opportunities include being at the bleeding edge of data analysis, and learning new ways to model phenomena; threats include the challenge of learning new skills... Read More about Data Science for all: A stroll in the foothills.

Real-world contexts in statistics components of UK mathematics examinations: aiming forward, walking backwards (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Reasoning with data is pervasive in society; evidence-based policy requires reasoning about complex data; many statistics curricula do not equip students to understand such reasoning. A new mathematics curriculum for upper secondary school (pre-unive... Read More about Real-world contexts in statistics components of UK mathematics examinations: aiming forward, walking backwards.

A response to White and Gorard: Against inferential statistics: How and why current statistics teaching gets it wrong (2017)
Journal Article

White and Gorard make important and relevant criticisms of some of the methods commonly used in social science research, but go further by criticising the logical basis for inferential statistical tests. This paper comments briefly on matters we broa... Read More about A response to White and Gorard: Against inferential statistics: How and why current statistics teaching gets it wrong.

Interactive visualisations and statistical literacy (2017)
Journal Article

Statistical literacy involves engagement with the data one encounters. New forms of data and new ways to engage with data – notably via interactive data visualisations – are emerging. Some of the skills required to work effectively with these new vis... Read More about Interactive visualisations and statistical literacy.

A Response to Mere Innovation is Too Late: Data Cowboys and Statistical Indians (2015)
Journal Article

Strategies for Public Engagement with Official Statistics (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

High quality data are available on a very wide range of topics. However, there are barriers to be overcome before citizens engage with these data. First is access; data are often distributed across different websites. Second is exposure; data need to... Read More about Strategies for Public Engagement with Official Statistics.

Designing Interactive Displays to Promote Effective use of Evidence (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Interactive displays are increasing being used to convey information, and are a significant factor in promoting statistical literacy (and illiteracy). Durham University and the House of Commons Library are collaborating to create data visualisations... Read More about Designing Interactive Displays to Promote Effective use of Evidence.

Visualizing complex data and working with visual data representations of multivariate data (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The world is a complex place, and to describe almost any interesting aspect of the world adequately requires multivariate data, or at least a number of related univariate data sets. A collaboration between the House of Commons Library and the SMART C... Read More about Visualizing complex data and working with visual data representations of multivariate data.

Implications of the data revolution for statistics education (2015)
Journal Article

There has never been a more exciting time to be involved in statistics. Emerging data sources provide new sorts of evidence, provoke new sorts of questions, make possible new sorts of answers and shape the ways that evidence is used to influence poli... Read More about Implications of the data revolution for statistics education.

Crimes Against Statistical Inference: Forcing Teachers to be Accessories after the (Absence of) Fact. (2011)
Journal Article
Ridgway, R., & Ridgway, J. (2011). Crimes Against Statistical Inference: Forcing Teachers to be Accessories after the (Absence of) Fact. Online educational research journal,

Reports on pupil performance form an important element in the efforts to improve the quality of education. Here, we examine the practicalities of making reliable judgements about changes in school performance over time. In a very large number of prim... Read More about Crimes Against Statistical Inference: Forcing Teachers to be Accessories after the (Absence of) Fact..

Developing Statistical Literacy in Students and Teachers. (2011)
Book Chapter
Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., & McCusker, S. (2011). Developing Statistical Literacy in Students and Teachers. In C. Batanera, G. Burrill, & C. Reading (Eds.), Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics - Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education: A Joint ICMI/IASE Study: The 18th ICMI Study (311-322). (18th ICMI Study). Springer Verlag

While statistical literacy is gaining much more recognition as something that all citizens need in order to function fully in modern society, there is much less agreement as to exactly what is meant by the term. This chapter discusses what statistica... Read More about Developing Statistical Literacy in Students and Teachers..

The Next Great Leap - From Official Data to Public Knowledge. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Many statistical agencies are attempting to inform citizens about the state of society, and current social changes. The literature on statistical literacy suggests that this might be an uphill struggle. Here, we use a press release from Ireland's Cen... Read More about The Next Great Leap - From Official Data to Public Knowledge..

One Small Step for a Pupil - One Giant Leap for Citizens. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

OECD has launched its Global Project that aims to develop new measures of the nature and progress of societies and to increase the capability of citizens to understand and use this information. We contend that this needs to be accompanied by a develo... Read More about One Small Step for a Pupil - One Giant Leap for Citizens..

Review of Advanced e-Assessment Techniques (RAeAT) Final Report. (2009)
Report
Ripley, M., Harding, R., Redif, H., Ridgway, J., & Tafler, J. (2009). Review of Advanced e-Assessment Techniques (RAeAT) Final Report. [No known commissioning body]

Challenges for Research in e-Assessment. (2009)
Report
Ridgway, J., & McCusker, S. (2009). Challenges for Research in e-Assessment. JRC

A number of research activities are described that are needed to support the development of e-assessment designed to support the progress of of the EU. We identify challenges that will shape the design of many e-assessment systems, notably that the g... Read More about Challenges for Research in e-Assessment..

PREMA: Evidence from Six Countries. (2008)
Book Chapter
Ridgway, J., & McCusker, S. (2008). PREMA: Evidence from Six Countries. In M. Chionidou-Moskofglou, A. Blunk, R. Siemprinska, Y. Solomon, & R. Tanzberger (Eds.), Promoting Equity in Maths Achievement - the current discussion (23-32). University of Barcelona

Challenge: coping with complexity. Envisioning education in the context of social and technical change - what sorts of education systems, methods and institutions do we need to help people deal with complexity? (2008)
Book
Ridgway, J. (2008). Challenge: coping with complexity. Envisioning education in the context of social and technical change - what sorts of education systems, methods and institutions do we need to help people deal with complexity?

Teaching Statistics - Despite its Applications. (2007)
Journal Article
Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., & McCusker, S. (2007). Teaching Statistics - Despite its Applications. Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Statistics and Data Science Teaching, 29(2), 44-48. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2007.00276.x

Evidence-based policy requires sophisticated modelling and reasoning about complex social data. The current UK statistics curricula do not equip tomorrow's citizens to understand such reasoning. We advocate radical curriculum reform, designed to requ... Read More about Teaching Statistics - Despite its Applications..

Reasoning with Multivariate Evidence. (2007)
Journal Article
Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., & McCusker, S. (2007). Reasoning with Multivariate Evidence

Reasoning with evidence about realistic situations - education, health, crime, social change, climate change - is inherently problematic. Evidence is often multivariate; relationships between variables are rarely linear; variables interact, and show... Read More about Reasoning with Multivariate Evidence..

Reasoning with data- time for a rethink? (2006)
Journal Article
Ridgway, J., McCusker, S., & Nicholson, J. (2006). Reasoning with data- time for a rethink?

Reasoning with Evidence - New Opportunities in Assessment (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., & McCusker, S. (2006). Reasoning with Evidence - New Opportunities in Assessment. In A. Rossman, & B. Chance (Eds.),

Computers facilitate reasoning with complex data. We report a study where 195 students aged 12 to 15 years were presented with computer based tasks that require reasoning with multivariate data, together with paper based tasks from a well established... Read More about Reasoning with Evidence - New Opportunities in Assessment.

Finding Patterns and Relationships; Using Representations; Making Sense of Evidence; Optimisation; Providing; Finding Relationships in Data. (2005)
Report
Ridgway, J., & Group, T. M. (2005). Finding Patterns and Relationships; Using Representations; Making Sense of Evidence; Optimisation; Providing; Finding Relationships in Data. [No known commissioning body]

Literature Review of E-assessment (2004)
Book
Ridgway, J., McCusker, S., & Pead, D. (2004). Literature Review of E-assessment. Futurelab

The purpose of this report is: • to assert the centrality of assessment in education systems • to identify ‘drivers’ of assessment, and their likely impact on assessment, and thence on education systems • to describe current, radical plans for increa... Read More about Literature Review of E-assessment.

Uncovering student statistical competences via new interfaces (2004)
Conference Proceeding
Ridgway, J., McCusker, S., & Nicholson, J. (2004). Uncovering student statistical competences via new interfaces. In G. Burrill, & M. Camden (Eds.),

The paper reviews the nature of statistics in the UK National Curriculum. While there is great opportunity for statistics to inform thinking in a range of disciplines, there is little coherence in the planning of activities for children. Formal asses... Read More about Uncovering student statistical competences via new interfaces.

Using Computers to Assess New Educational Goals (2003)
Journal Article
Ridgway, J., & McCusker, S. (2003). Using Computers to Assess New Educational Goals. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 10(3), 309-328. https://doi.org/10.1080/0969594032000148163

There is a remarkable consensus worldwide on 'new' educational goals. These emphasise problem solving using mathematics and science, supported by an increased use of information technology. Change can be difficult: first is the problem of communicati... Read More about Using Computers to Assess New Educational Goals.

Student Attainment in the Connected Mathematics Curriculum (2003)
Book Chapter
Ridgway, J., Zawojewski, Z., Hoover, M., & Lambdin, D. (2003). Student Attainment in the Connected Mathematics Curriculum. In S. Senk, & D. Thompson (Eds.), Standards-based school mathematics curricula : what are they ? what do students learn ? (193-224). Lawrence Erlbaum

The following text is taken from the publisher's website: "The Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 1989 set forth a broad vision of mathematical content and pedago... Read More about Student Attainment in the Connected Mathematics Curriculum.

Challenging minds? Students' perceptions of computer-based World Class Tests of problem solving (2002)
Journal Article
Richardson, M., -A. Baird, J., Ridgway, J., Ripley, M., Shorrocks-Taylor, D., & Swan, M. (2002). Challenging minds? Students' perceptions of computer-based World Class Tests of problem solving. Computers in Human Behavior, 18(6), 633-649

Tools for Change- Building the Knowledge Base for Macro-Systemic Change (2001)
Book Chapter
Ridgway, J. (2001). Tools for Change- Building the Knowledge Base for Macro-Systemic Change. In H. Taylor, & P. Hogenbirk (Eds.), Information and Communication Technologies in Education: The School of the Future. Kluwer Academic Publishers

Assessing Mathematical Thinking Via FLAG (2001)
Book Chapter
Ridgway, J., Swan, M., & Burkhardt, H. (2001). Assessing Mathematical Thinking Via FLAG. In D. Holton, & M. Niss (Eds.), Teaching and Learning Mathematics at University Level- An ICMI Study (423-430). Kluwer Academic Publishers

The Mathematical Needs of Engineering Apprentices (2000)
Book Chapter
Ridgway, J. (2000). The Mathematical Needs of Engineering Apprentices. In A. Bessot, & J. Ridgway (Eds.), Education for Mathematics in the Workplace published by Kluwer Academic Publishers (eds) Bessot, A and Ridgway, J (189-197). Kluwer Academic Publishers

Problematising Evidence-based Policy and Practice (2000)
Journal Article
Ridgway, J., Zawojewski, J., & Hoover, M. (2000). Problematising Evidence-based Policy and Practice. Evaluation and research in education, 14(3/4), 181-192