Papers and Publicatons
The story of ADI’s conception and development chiefessays.net can be explored through this set of papers.
The UN Data Revolution Group, highlights the how important it is for Africa to take advantage of the Data Revolution, an approach to this is discussed in the paper: Still Coming down from the Mountains, 2017, Roger Stern, Ric Coe and David Stern
An initial attempt to move towards this at Maseno University is outlined in the paper: Incremental Modernisation of Statistics Teaching and Curriculum at Maseno University, Kenya, 2010, David Stern, Omolo N Ongati, John Ogonji Agure and Betty Ogange
Lessons learned through the implementation of Incremental Modernization at Maseno are reflected on in the paper, Reflections on Using Technology to Teach Statistics in Kenya, 2014, David Stern, which describes the need to combine Incremental Modernization with Viral Scaling. It became clear that for Viral Scaling to be possible it is essential for people to have free access to the tools needed to make changes in education, and this need gave rise to ADI described on the paper SEEDING THE AFRICAN DATA INITIATIVE .
Within ADI we have had some initial experiences at making innovations in teaching easier, as illustrated in the paper: OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR STATISTICS TEACHING
These papers describe key thinking behind the design of ADI’s R-Instat software and its use for teaching. They include
Making multilevel data ideas more accessible, 2017, Danny Parsons, David Stern and Roger Stern
This final paper describes efforts that have custom dissertation writing been made to popularise statistics and data usage for school age children. Statistics in Maths Camps, 2017, Zachariah Mbasu, Thomas Mawora and David Stern