High school students perceived interest-driven data exploration activities in a data science curriculum as personally authentic, though not uniformly¶
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q2 i? Students found interest-driven data exploration activities engaging and aligned with their interests, and thus personally authentic, though some students expressed neutrality or lack of deep personal connection. → Rotem Israel-Fishelson 2026
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Rotem Israel-Fishelson 2026¶
Rotem Israel-Fishelson, David Weintrop. (2026). Authenticity in a high school data science curriculum. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-026-10622-1
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Qualitative interview analysis within a mixed-methods study of 25 12th-grade students in two computer science classes; interviews were coded for authenticity with Cohen's Kappa of 0.79 in relevancy coding. Students cited entertainment datasets like Billboard Hot 100 as personally authentic, while others "wouldn't say it is my passion or anything."
"The analysis of the interviews revealed that students found the use of interest-driven data exploration activities engaging and aligned with their interests, and thus, personally authentic."
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High school students perceived interest-driven data exploration activities in a data science curriculum as personally authentic, though not uniformly |
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High school students perceived interest-driven data exploration activities in a data science curriculum as personally authentic, though not uniformly |
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