Statistics Workshop for K–12 Teachers
Goes to U.S. Census Bureau
Katherine Halvorsen, MWM Program Chair, and Rebecca Nichols, AsA K–16 Education Manager
mathematics standards, and the recent College
Board Standards for College Success include stan-
e
ffic
dards for teaching statistics and probability. The
O
ASA’s MWM program is designed to enhance K–12
tion
educators’ understanding of statistics and provide
ma
or
them with hands-on activities they can use in their
I
nf
own classrooms to strengthen the teaching of statis-
tics in their schools.
,
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ublic
The first MWM workshop in 2007 focused on
eau
middle-school teachers and was a huge success,
Bur
which led Martha Aliaga, the ASA’s director of edu-
cation, to recommend expanding the 2008 work-
C
ensus
.S. shop to two days and include strands for K–4, 5–8,
U
and 9–12 teachers. MWM 2009 included K–4,
the
of 5–8, and 9–12 workshop sessions on August 3, with
t
esy a visit to the U.S. Census Bureau and JSM sessions
c
our on August 4.
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P
hot
The Workshop Sessions
Renée Jefferson-Copeland, chief of the Census in schools Branch of the u.s.
This year’s K–4 participants learned about GAISE
Census Bureau, addresses the MWM audience while Katherine Wallman,
Level A activities through hands-on experiences.
chief statistician at the Office of Management and Budget, and Arnold
Jerry Moreno, a GAISE author, organized the K–4
Jackson, associate director for decennial census, look on.
sessions that included data collection and analysis,
probability, and poster and project activities. They
distinguished between categorical and numerical
T
he American Statistical Association held its
third annual Meeting within a Meeting
data and learned to use appropriate graphs for both
(MWM) August 3–4, concurrently with the
types. They also explored the shapes and measures
Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, DC.
of the center of a data distribution and discussed
Developed to help K–12 mathematics and science
statistical posters. Presenters included Pat
teachers—many of whom have little or no formal
Hopfensperger of Homestead High School in
statistics training—meet current mathematics and
Mequon, Wisconsin, Tim Jacobbe of the University
science standards for teaching statistics, the program
of Florida, and Moreno.
provides an opportunity for teachers to discuss and
Middle-school teachers focused on GAISE Level
apply the statistical concepts and data analysis tools
B activities with categorical, numerical, and bivari-
described in the Guidelines for Assessment and
ate data and discussed lesson planning and assess-
Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) Report: A
ment tools. Halvorsen organized the sessions, and
Pre-K–12 Curriculum Framework (see www.amstat.
presenters included Moreno, Christine Franklin of
org/education/gaise). “Teachers explore problems that
the University of Georgia and GAISE author, Gary
require them to formulate questions; collect, orga-
Kader of Appalachian State University and GAISE
nize, analyze, and draw conclusions from data; and
author, Paul Fields of Brigham Young University,
apply the basic concepts of probability,” said
and Lew Romagnano of Metro State College
Katherine Halvorsen, MWM program chair. “The
of Denver.
MWM program includes examining what students
Halvorsen and Robert delMas of the University
can be expected to do at the most basic level of
of Minnesota organized the high-school sessions,
understanding and what can be expected of them as
which focused on GAISE Level C activities and
their skill develops and their experience broadens.”
lesson planning and assessment. The goal of the
The National Council of Teachers of
workshop was to help non-AP Statistics teachers
Mathematics (NCTM) standards, most state
introduce statistics concepts into their traditional
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