SPOKEN MATHEMATICS: AUDIO DESCRIPTION OF PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS ENTRIES ON WIKIPEDIA

• Grant number: 16/16955-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Journalism
• Start date: September 01, 2016
• End date: August 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Communications - Journalism and Publishing
• Principal Investigator: Jefferson Antonio Galves
• Grantee: Marília Reinato Carrera
• Host Institution: Instituto de Matemática e Estatística (IME). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ), Canada
• Associated research grant: 13/07699-0 - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics - NeuroMat, AP.CEPID

Abstract

Given the population's right to education, according to the Constitution of theFederative Republic of Brazil, and the fundamental role of mathematics for the formation ofindividuals, in agreement with the Organisation for Economic Cooperationand Development(OECD), the research project aims to contribute to the scientific dissemination throughWikipedia Research Center Initiative, Innovation and diffusion in Neuromatemática CEPIDNeuroMat with the audio description of probability and statistics entries in Wikipedia. One ofthe potential achievements is to improve the access of probability and statistics formulas topeople with visual impairment. Given also the importance of Assistive Technologies fordigital accessibility, the research project intents to reflect on how the web 2.0 technologiescan boost the dissemination of scientific knowledge among the society.