Dados estatísticos da pandemia do COVID-19: possíveis utilizações para o letramento estatístico

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to many unforeseen situations, among which we can highlight those related to the advancement of information and communication technologies, such as, for example, the increase in the use of electronic commerce and the implementation of teaching models inspired by the hybrid education, but many difficult and bad situations for the population, highlighting the Brazilian, reality in question. Still in this perspective, there is a massive amount of information disseminated at all times about the pandemic, including in the form of statistical data. However, it is of paramount importance that these data are understood by the population, and then concerns about Statistical Literacy (LE) in schools emerge assist in the formation of citizens. Thus, this research aims to identify activities that can be developed with the statistical data of the pandemic of the new coronavirus, aiming at Statistical Literacy for students of Basic Education, based on the discussions of Gal (2002). Therefore, it was necessary to frame the research as qualitative and as a case study to analyze the data of the pandemic in Brazil, additionally, research was carried out on the official websites of the Ministry of Health to extract the data necessary for analysis. As a result, it was possible to identify mathematical subjects, more specifically in elementary school, final years 9th year, which can be incorporated together with statistical data, enabling the development of activities in order to provide Statistical Literacy. Therefore, the research brings the visibility of the importance of the LE for the formation of the citizen, with activities that can be applied in the 9th year and can improve the statistical understanding of the students, resulting in beneficial social impacts for society.