Here is a scenario: You have imported a dataset from Google Spreadsheet into your repository on Tuva.
Screenshot: Tuva Dataset titled “Census at School – Clean Data” has been imported from Google Spreadsheet
You make changes to your Google Spreadsheet, removing an attribute or adding 10 more rows of data. Till now, it was difficult to easily update and reflect these changes on your Tuva dataset.
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to refresh your dataset directly from Tuva without have to import your Google Spreadsheet again?
Introducing Refresh
The Refresh feature allows you to easily update your Tuva Dataset so that any changes you make to your Google Spreadsheet will automatically be reflected in your dataset on Tuva.
Screenshot: Refresh button on Tuva Dataset page
Please note that the Refresh feature is only available for Tuva Datasets that you have imported from Google Spreadsheets. It is not available if you have imported the dataset from your computer.
Checkout the Refresh feature, and please feel free to share your comments and feedback on Tuva Discussions.
Tuva’s dynamic, easy-to-use data exploration and visualization tools are now available in Spanish.
Today, we are excited to take our first few steps in bringing Tuva’s Data Literacy Solutions to schools, higher education institutions, businesses, and sustainable development organizations globally.
Our dynamic, easy-to-use data exploration and visualization tools are now available in Spanish, enabling Spanish-speaking learners around the world build a strong foundation in data and statistical literacy.
Once you choose your Spanish-language dataset, you will find that all the dataset attributes, as well as all the features and functions on the toolbar are labeled in Spanish.
Over the next couple of weeks, we will make Tuva’s data exploration and visualization tools available in other languages, so please stay tuned for further updates and announcements.
We have made additional updates to the Filter Bar on Tuva Datasets, following up from our announcement a few weeks ago regarding a more powerful Filter Bar.
Now, you can filter for Tuva Datasets and activities by a specific Common Core Math Standard, Domain, or Topic.
The CCSS-related Filter categories include: Comparing Groups, Correlation, Comparing Data, Linear Equations, Modeling, Quantitative Relationships, and many topics and standards.
In addition, we are continuing to extend our coverage of the Next Generation Science Standards, and have curated a number of fantastic new datasets covering additional NGSS Physical Science, Life Science, and Earth & Space Science standards. To learn more, explore all the datasets in our Tuva Datasets Library.
Remember, you can always reach out to us if you are unable to find a dataset for your needs.
During the initial design phase of Tuva Activities and Lessons, one critical decision we made was that activities on Tuva would only initially support one item type – open-ended questions.
Why? We felt that activities and lessons based on authentic datasets gave both educators and learners a unique opportunity to look beyond the straightforward multiple-choice and True/False questions.
With actual data and tools at our fingertips, educators can pose a number of interesting, open-ended questions that gave learners an opportunity to:
Practice and gain exposure to the language of data, statistics, and graphing.
Construct arguments and support their reasoning with evidence from the data and their own visuals.
Explain their thinking in words, giving them an opportunity to focus on their grammar, sentence construction, as well as learn the techniques of quantitative reasoning.
Describe in words the various aspects of the data, including:
Any patterns or interesting phenomenon they discover.
Distribution of various attributes, such as its shape, its spread, or its center
Image: New Item Type on Tuva
Over the last twelve months, we have received a variety of feedback from educators across math, science, statistics, and many other subject areas about being able to ask (and immediately grade) straightforward, multiple-choice questions at the beginning of the activity to assess for basic understanding, and then gradually build towards the more difficult, open-ended questions.
I am excited to announce that we will soon be adding these two new features – Multiple Choice Questions and Automatic Grading – to Tuva Activities and Lessons.
For Tuva Basic teachers, you will be able preview these new features via a number of different activities on the 25 Free Tuva Datasets.
For Tuva Premium subscribers, you will see this feature gradually introduced across all of our 400+ activities and lessons around 315+ datasets, as well as many of the new activities and lessons we release moving forward.
