Data Literacy Contributes to Critical Thinking: FRED for the Classroom

The authors make the case that data literacy is a key component to critical thinking in the world today. They describe the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) database and how it can be used. They provide a classroom lesson that uses FRED to help students gain an understanding of inflation and price stability.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Cosgrove, Kathy ; Suiter, Mary ; Wolla, Scott
Published in:	Social Studies Research and Practice. - Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 1933-5415, ZDB-ID 2394747-0. - Vol. 7.2012, 1, p. 29-45
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Subject:	Data Literacy \| Critical Thinking \| Data \| Inflation \| Economics \| Personal Finance

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	research-article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1108/SSRP-01-2012-B0004 [DOI]
Source:	Other ZBW resources

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