Abstract

This session overviews research directions and challenges in planning and publishing impactful research in the rapidly evolving arenas of statistics and data science education (broadly viewed), and describes the role of the Statistics Education Research Journal (SERJ) in this regard. The session is geared for both early-career and veteran scholars and practitioners, and involves a mix of short talks and a panel discussion by members of the SERJ Editorial Team and Advisory Board.
SERJ is the flagship peer-reviewed e-journal of the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE), published in collaboration with the International Statistical Institute (ISI). SERJ aims to advance research-based knowledge that can help to improve the teaching, learning, and understanding of statistics, probability, and topics related to data science at all educational levels and in both formal (classroom-based) and informal (out-of-classroom) contexts. SERJ invites submissions reflecting results of empirical research (any methodology) or conceptual developments. Published papers examine, for example, cognitive, motivational, attitudinal, curricular, teaching-related, technology-related, digital, organizational, or systemic and societal factors and processes that are related to the learning and implementation of stochastic and data-based knowledge. In addition, research may focus on how people (citizens, workers, etc) understand, engage, use or apply statistical, probabilistic, and data-based information in work-related and ‘real-life’ or civic contexts, including messages on media and social channels and dissemination by statistics providers.
SERJ’s broad agenda is consistent with international development goals and aims to contribute to knowledge, civic progress and statistics education practice across multiple scholarly, professional, and educational contexts. At the session, we will also touch on issues and challenges related to expanding and diversifying relevant research and supporting early-career scholars from around the globe.