K–12 Teachers: Sharpen
Your Statistics Skills
The Meeting Within a Meeting (MWM) Workshop for K–12
Teachers Will Be Held in Conjunction with the 2008 Joint
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Statistical Meetings (JSM)
American Statistical Association Workshop is based on the Guidelines for Assessment and
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Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) Report: A Pre-K–12 Curriculum Framework
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Date Monday, August 4, and Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Place Metropolitan State College of Denver and Colorado Convention Center,
Denver, Colorado
Audience
K–12 Mathematics and Science Teachers
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Submit applications and letter from principal/district supervisor (template
provided). Review of applications to attend MWM began March 1, 2008,
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and will continue until the course is filled. Space is limited. If interested in
attending, apply as soon as possible. Special consideration will be given to
multiple math/science teachers from the same school.
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www.amstat.org/education/mwm to apply online.
Objectives Enhance understanding and teaching of statistics within the math/science
curriculum based on conceptual understanding, active learning, real-world
data, and appropriate technology
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Content Teachers will explore problems that require them to collect, organize, analyze,
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and draw conclusions from data and apply basic concepts of probability. The
MWM program will include examining what students can be expected to do at
the most basic level of understanding and what can be expected from them as
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their skill levels develop and their experiences broaden. Consistent with GAISE
recommendations and NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.
Format Monday: K–4 and 9–12 sessions
Tuesday: 5–8 session
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Activity-based sessions, including lesson plan development
Lunch with local ASA chapter members and Monday dinner with career
panel discussion
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Optional activities at JSM (statistics education sessions, poster sessions,
JSM exhibit hall)
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Provided Registration cost
Meals and refreshments
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Lodging reimbursement (up to a specified amount)
Handouts
Certificate of participation from the ASA certifying professional
development hours
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Follow-up Follow-up activities and webinars
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ASA chapters network with local teachers to organize learning communities
Contact Rebecca Nichols,
rebecca@amstat.org; (703) 684-1221, Ext. 1877
See
www.amstat.org/education/mwm for more
information and to apply online.
APRIL 2008 AMSTAT NEWS 9
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