Abstract

The current global scenario requires the development of certain skills from the initial stages of learning. Among those skills, interpreting and critically analyzing information based on data – which are increasingly more present in our lives –, as well as having the autonomy to take a stance or make a decision, are foundations for a statistical literacy process. To reach children and adolescents, there is a consensus that using ludic and practical activities lead them to experience engaging and meaningful learning.

Bearing those principles in mind, this work aims to present activities resulting from one of the extension projects of IBGE’s National School of Statistical Sciences. Games were developed to teach statistical concepts such as probability, position measurements and graph interpretation. The games were applied in the 2024 edition of the “ENCE Open Doors” event, in which Ence opens its doors to the general public, including basic education schools and universities. Furthermore, an extension activity with an elementary school class from a public school was carried out. It involved all the relevant steps necessary for planning and carrying out a survey. The activity allowed students to experience the entire investigative process, from choosing the topic, developing research hypotheses, to applying the questionnaire and analyzing the data collected. We discuss the importance of a learner-centered approach as students are protagonists of their own learning process, fully engaged in the construction and decision-making stages.