year. The ASA provided technical support for eight webinars for commissioner of academics with the Colorado Department of
all participating teachers, which can be viewed at www.amstat.org/ Education, addressed the high-school teachers before lunch.
education/k12webinars. The middle-school workshop focused on the distinctions
The success of MWM 2007 led Martha Aliaga, ASA director between one- and two-variable statistics, as well as the distinctions
of programs, to recommend expanding the MWM workshop in between categorical and numerical data. Participants explored
2008 to a two-day format that included both K–5 teachers and the types of displays and summaries that are appropriate for each
9–12 teachers. Teachers were encouraged to attend both Monday kind of data. The workshop concluded with a discussion of lesson
and Tuesday sessions. Workshops for K–4 teachers and 9–12 teach- planning and assessment. Presenters included Lew Romagnano of
ers were held on Monday, with the workshop for 5–8 teachers on the Metro State College of Denver, Moreno, Christine Franklin
Tuesday. The grade 5–8 teachers were invited to observe either the of the University of Georgia, Gary Kader of Appalachian State
K–4 or 9–12 workshop, and the K–4 and high-school teachers were University, and Paul Fields of Brigham Young University. ASA
able to observe the 5–8 workshop. Teachers also had the option of Executive Director Ron Wasserstein welcomed and addressed the
attending statistics education presentations at JSM on the second middle-school teachers.
day of the program. Twenty-two teachers attended the K–4 workshop, 32 attend-
With members of the ASA Colorado-Wyoming Chapter, all par- ed the middle-school session, and 35 attended the high-school
ticipants were invited to a dinner and panel discussion about careers session. Most of the teachers were from Colorado, but teachers
in statistics, which was presented by the ASA Committee on Career also came from 12 other states. Also, two teachers who attended
Development. Colorado-Wyoming Chapter members joined the MWM 2007 in Salt Lake City returned this year.
MWM participants for lunch both days to meet, mingle, and dis- Katherine Wallman, chief statistician at the Office of
cuss how the chapter could act as a resource for teachers and stu- Management and Budget said, “As one who has urged atten-
dents. The workshops and dinner were held at Metropolitan State tion to our nation’s statistical literacy at every opportunity, I am
College of Denver. delighted that [the] ASA has added this approach to its portfolio
The K–4 workshop focused on GAISE Level A activities, the of activities.” Her daughter, Elizabeth Wallman Davis, attended
5–8 workshop on Level B, and 9–12 on Level C. Jerry Moreno of the middle-school session and said, “Paul Fields illustrated how
John Carroll University planned the K–4 program, which included statistics can be used and (if we aren’t careful) misused. This is a
data collection and analysis activities, probability activities, and good lesson for teachers and students and leads to greater statis-
poster and project activities. In addition to Moreno, presenters tical literacy.” These were among many enthusiastic comments
included Sandra McKenzie of Cherry Creek School District and from participants.
Metropolitan State College of Denver, Tena Katsaounis of The A follow-up program, including activities with members of
Ohio State University, and Linda Quinn of John Carroll University. the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter and webinars facilitated through
ASA President Peter A. Lachenbruch welcomed and addressed the the ASA office, will take place throughout the school year. “The
elementary school teachers. Colorado-Wyoming Chapter is taking advantage of the MWM
Katherine Halvorsen of Smith College planned the 5–8 and workshop to build connections with teachers in the area,” said
9–12 programs. The 9–12 workshop aimed to help non-AP Matt Pocernich, ASA Colorado-Wyoming Chapter president.
Statistics teachers introduce statistics concepts into their tradition- “By meeting with the teachers, we will learn how they think our
al math courses. The program included activities on formulating members can help encourage more kids to share our enjoyment
questions for class activities and projects, random selection and of numbers and statistics.” Other chapters also may reach out to
random allocation, using Fathom™ to teach statistical concepts, and teachers in their area by spreading information about the Meeting
using dynamic graphics to teach regression and hypothesis testing. Within a Meeting workshop and possibly sponsoring local teach-
Halvorsen and Robert delMas chaired the high-school workshop, ers to attend.
which, in addition to Halvorsen, included the following presenters: MWM is a reality due to the efforts of the organizers,
Melissa Colsman of the Cherry Creek School District, Chris Olsen presenters, speakers, session chairs, participants, Colorado-
of Thomas Jefferson High School, Robin Lock of St. Lawrence Wyoming Chapter officers and members, the ASA Committee
University, and Scott Urquhart of Colorado State University. on Career Development, and all the others who contrib-
ASA President-elect Sally Morton welcomed and addressed the uted to its success. A special thank you goes out to Metro
high-school teachers in the morning, while Ken Turner, deputy State College of Denver, especially Nels Grevstad; Battelle;
Texas Instruments; the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee;
Pearson; and Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers for
Call for 2009 Student Internship Listings
their contributions.
We are looking forward to JSM 2009 in Washington, DC. Do
If your organization would like to list an internship
you know K–12 mathematics or science teachers who are inter-
opportunity in the December 2008 issue of Amstat
ested in enhancing their understanding and teaching of statistics
News and on the ASA web site, visit www.amstat.org/
within their mathematics and science curricula? If you do, please
education/index.cfm?fuseaction=intern and return the
encourage them to apply to attend MWM in 2009. The applica-
tion process will begin in March 2009 and further information
completed form to educinfo@amstat.org by October
about the workshops will be available at www.amstat.org/education/
20, 2008. Any 2009 internship listings received after
mwm. Questions about the MWM workshop should be directed
October 20 will be posted on the ASA web site only.
to Rebecca Nichols, ASA assistant director of K–16 education pro-
grams, at rebecca@amstat.org or (703) 684-1221, Ext. 1877. n
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