EDUCATION
CAUSE Presence Holds at JMM ‘10
T
he Consortium for the For most of the workshop, par-
Advancement of ticipants will engage in many
Undergraduate Statistics of the classic activities all sta-
Education (CAUSE) will host tistics instructors should know.
two pre-conference workshops Different types of available tech-
the day before the 2010 Joint nology and choices of texts will
Mathematics Meetings (JMM) in be explored, and Internet sources
San Francisco, California. Both of real data, activities, and best
ancillary workshops will be held practices articles will be exam-
on January 12. There will be no ined. Participants will find out
registration fee to attend, but
how they can continue to answer
advance registration is required.
the three questions by becoming
This is the third consecutive
involved in statistics education–
offering of pre-conference work-
related conferences, newsletters,
Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics
shops by CAUSE.
and groups.
Education (GAISE)
Carolyn Cuff of Westminster
Joan Garfield, Bob delMas, and
College and Michael Posner of
Andy Zieffler of the University of
Villanova University will present
Minnesota, together with Allan
content that follows in the unit.
“Teaching Introductory Statistics
Rossman and Beth Chance of
The CATALST materials focus
(for Instructors New to Teaching
Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, will
on important ideas of statistical
Intro Stats).” In May of 2005, the
present “Become a Catalyst for
inference and the use of simula-
American Statistical Association
Change in Statistics Education.”
tion throughout the course.
endorsed the Guidelines for
This one-day workshop will fea-
Additional information and
Assessment and Instruction in
ture materials developed by the
registration for these workshops
Statistics Education (GAISE). The
NSF-funded CATALST project
is available at
www.causeweb.org/
guidelines were created to give
(Change Agents for Teaching and
workshop.
sufficient structure to instructors
Learning STatistics). Working
Additionally, CAUSE activists
while allowing sufficient general-
toward change in both content
and previous workshop presenters
ity to include good practices in
and pedagogy of the introduc-
Danny Kaplan and Victor Addona
the many flavors of the first sta-
tory, noncalculus-based statistics
of Macalester College have been
tistics course. This workshop will
course, the materials to be shared
selected by the Mathematical
consider the implementation of
are designed to help students
Association of America to present
those guidelines in a first-level
achieve the learning goals listed
a mini-course, titled “Remodeling
statistics course by focusing on
in GAISE (see
www.amstat.org/
Data Analysis,” during JMM.
three questions:
education/gaise). The presenters
This hands-on course will present
have developed sets of hands-on
a data analysis course that com-
What are the big ideas of
activities that form units based
plements and builds on majors’
statistics?
on a particular real-world prob-
math aptitudes, reinforcing an
How can those big ideas be
lem (e.g., how to develop a spam
understanding of linear algebra
communicated to students?
filter for email) and the related
while providing advanced applied
statistical ideas that emerge from
statistical skills. In the course, sta-
What are effective evaluation
this type of problem.
tistical methodology is built up in
and assessment tools?
The problems, called “model-
an accessible way from first prin-
eliciting activities,” are rich,
ciples, without requiring previ-
Workshop attendees will con-
open-ended problems that stim-
ous work in statistics. Modeling,
sider ways to engage students in
ulate statistical thinking; engage
computation (using R), and sim-
statistical literacy and thinking,
students in creating, develop-
ulation are used extensively. For
and the contrast between concep-
ing, and testing unique models
more information, visit www.ams.
tual and procedural understanding
to solve problems; and prepare
org/amsmtgs/2124_intro.html. n
will be explained using examples.
students to learn the statistical
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