Summer Institute Focuses on Improving
Instruction in Introductory Statistics
T
he first American Mathematical Association of Two Year
Colleges Summer Institute on teaching statistics, “GAISEing
Beyond the Crossroads: Improving Instruction in
Introductory Statistics,” was held June 16–20 at Cape Cod
Community College in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. The work-
shop was led by Bob delMas of the University of Minnesota and
Mary Parker of The University of Texas at Austin, with guest lec-
tures by John Climent of Cecil Community College and Glen
Miller of Borough of Manhattan Community College.
There were 29 participants, including one from high school, 18
from two-year colleges, six from four-year colleges, two from uni-
versities, and two from the American Statistical Association. The
sessions were held in a state-of-the-art technology center at Cape
Cod Community College. Participants learned about activity-based
approaches to teaching introductory statistics through direct par-
ticipation in activities. Participants formed three- and four-member
teams to develop a lesson based on approaches experienced in the
workshop, which they later presented.
Workshop participants also enjoyed what the Cape had to offer,
including walks through the sand along the beach, shopping and
eating in the numerous towns and villages, a pool-side barbecue,
dinner at the Ebb Tide restaurant, and a Whale Watch on a sunny
day that included a female humpback whale and acrobatic enter-
tainment by her calf.
Twenty-nine participants showed up for the first American Mathematical
Association of Two Year Colleges Summer Institute on teaching statistics,
The summer institute was supported by the Consortium for
“GAISEing Beyond the Crossroads: Improving Instruction in Introductory
the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE)
Statistics,” held June 16–20 at Cape Cod Community College in West
through their NSF-funded CAUSEway workshop program. n Barnstable, Massachusetts.
The editor of Statistics Education Web
(www.amstat.org/education/stew), an
online bank of peer-reviewed lesson plans
for K–12 teachers of mathematics and
science, is accepting applications and
nominations for associate editors and
reviewers. Those chosen will review lesson
plans that showcase the use of statistical
methods and ideas in science and
mathematics based on framework and
levels of the Guidelines for Assessment and
Associate Editors, Reviewers Needed
Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE)
Report: A Pre-K–12 Curriculum Framework
for STEW
(www.amstat.org/education/gaise).
Associate editors and reviewers will be
selected for each of the three GAISE levels.
Interested persons should electronically
submit a letter of interest and a current CV
or résumé to STEW Editor Scott Street at
STEW.Editor@gmail.com.
OCTOBER 2008 AMSTAT NEWS 47
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