How do students from different disciplines perceive the concept of “data”?: A visual elicitation method

Tsai, Tien-I; Chang, Yun-Chi; Lin, Chieh-Ru

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Title

How do students from different disciplines perceive the concept of “data”?: A visual elicitation method

Author(s)

• Tsai, Tien-I
• Chang, Yun-Chi
• Lin, Chieh-Ru

Issue Date

2022-02-28

Keyword(s)

• Data
• Visual Research
• Visual Elicitation Interviews
• College Students

Abstract

Transforming the iSquare draw-and-write technique into the dSquare draw-and-tell approach, we conducted synchronous online visual-elicitation inter-views with 37 college students in six different disciplines to examine how they perceived the concept of “data.” The preliminary findings showed that students across disciplines tend to use group diagrams to present ICT and print materials in their dSquares. When explaining their drawings, students typically relate to functional purposes in academic contexts. While students typically use data in coursework or other work-related contexts in a positive way, students in different disciplines consider data in different original forms and use different types of metaphors to express the concept of data. While science students tend to include files or lab tools and describe data processing through the tools, humanities and social science students tend to include texts or secondary sources and describe data processing or application through personal thinking. Future research suggestions are provided based on the findings.

Publisher

iSchools

Type of Resource

Other

Language

eng

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Copyright 2022 is held by Tien-I Tsai, Yun-Chi Chang, and Chieh-Ru Lin. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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