Statistical Education
Section JSM Lineup Offers
Host of Opportunities
Jackie Miller, Program Chair
J
SM 2008 in Denver is shaping up to be
Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. Statistical Literacy business meeting Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
exciting for the Section on Statistical
2008 This year, we are celebrating the 100th
Education. We have five invited, 13
birthday/anniversary of Student’s t distri-
topic-contributed, and eight contributed
Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. Collaborative
bution with a “students’ tea,” which will be
sessions. In addition, we have cosponsored
Projects in Statistics Education Research
held immediately before the business meet-
five sessions, which means you will have at Wednesday, 2:00 p.m. Teaching Ethics in
ing. Tell your students about the Students’
least two opportunities to hear about sec- the Statistics Class
Tea: A Get-Together for Students Interested
tion-related topics during each session slot
Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Challenges and
in Statistics Education. Chris Malone
throughout JSM.
Opportunities for Using R and Other
and Tisha Hooks, both of Winona State
Invited Sessions
Software in Introductory and Intermediate
University, will host the event.
Also, think about signing up for some
Sunday, 2:00 p.m. Training TAs To Teach
Probability and Statistics
of the exciting roundtables with coffee or
in Graduate School and Beyond Thursday, 10:30 a.m. How To Publish
lunch that Peter Westfall, the section’s 2009
Your Book with the ASA-SIAM Series on
Monday, 2:00 p.m. Pedagogical Issues in an
program chair, organized. In his words:
Statistics and Applied Probability
Introductory Statistics Course
Contributed Sessions
Coffee and/or lunch. What better
Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Innovative and
Sunday, 4:00 p.m. Student Success in K–12
way to meet fellow statistics
Controversial Approaches to Student
and Beyond
teachers, share ideas, and learn new
Assessment
Monday, 8:30 a.m. Statistics as Liberal Arts,
skills and tricks? The Section on
Statistical Education will sponsor
Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. Stirring the Pot:
Communication, Critical Thinking, and
an excellent set of coffee and
Radical Ideas in Statistics Education
Outreach
luncheon roundtables from August
Thursday, 10:30 a.m. Teaching Introductory
Monday, 10:30 a.m. Graphical Displays,
4–6 at this year’s JSM in Denver.
Statistics Online
Maps, and Active Learning
There will be three roundtables
Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. Technology for with coffee and three roundtables
Topic-Contributed Sessions
Teaching Statistics in the Traditional and with lunch each day. Topics include
Sunday, 2:00 p.m. An Overview of K–16
Online Classrooms assessment, outreach, computing,
Poster and Project Competitions
Tuesday, 2:00 p.m. Teaching Advanced
biometrics, quantitative literacy,
Sunday, 4:00 p.m. Clickers in the Statistics Topics
nonstatisticians teaching statistics,
Classroom
barriers to learning, student
Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. From Teaching
evaluations, distance education,
Monday, 8:30 a.m. Best Practices in Business Students to Teaching Paradoxes
active learning, myths and fallacies,
Statistics Training: Lessons Learned from
Wednesday, 2:00 p.m. From the Golden
and multivariate thinking. There
VIGRE Programs
Ratio to Elephants: A Collection of
is an excellent lineup of presenters,
Monday, 10:30 a.m. Teaching Through Viewpoints on Teaching Statistics
including Bernie Harris, Cynthia
Service Learning: Getting Statistics Out of
Gargano, Deborah Nolan, Dexter
Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Reform, Redesign,
the Classroom While Enhancing Learning
Whittinghill, John Bailer, Mark
and Innovation in Teaching and
Monday, 2:00 p.m.
Berenson, Milo Schield, Monnie
Getting It Real: Group Assessment of Learning
McGee, Patricia Rutledge,
Projects and Critical Thinking Through
Patti Collings, Paul Fields, and
Exposure to Reality
There are excellent sessions through-
out the week, as the program chairs were
Sue B. Schou. Consider attending
Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. Spanning the Globe:
encouraged to have a strong program on
multiple roundtables.
The Introductory Stats Course as a
each day. I hope you enjoy the lineup.
Gateway to the Rest of the World
On behalf of Peter Westfall and me, we
Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. Research Using the
Even More To Attend
welcome you to the 2008 JSM program
Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics In addition to technical sessions, the sec-
for the Section on Statistical Education.
Tuesday, 2:00 p.m. NSF Programs Supporting
tion is sponsoring a meeting for isolated Register early and often (okay, just once),
Statistics Education and Strategies for
statisticians Sunday at 7:00 p.m. and a and we’ll see you in Denver!
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