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[1 Aug 2022 | 2 Comments | 5,746 views]
ASA Announces Winners of 2022 Data Visualization Poster and Statistics Project Competitions

First-place winners received $300, a certificate, and grade-appropriate graphing calculators for the students and advisers provided by Texas Instruments. Second-place winners received $200 and a certificate; third-place winners received $100 and a certificate; and honorable mentions received certificates.

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[1 May 2021 | Comments Off on Registration Open for USCOTS 2021 | 1,617 views]
Registration Open for USCOTS 2021

Registration is open for USCOTS 2021, which will be held virtually June 28 – July 1 with pre-conference workshops starting June 24. 

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[1 Jan 2021 | Comments Off on Teaching Conference Taking Proposals | 513 views]
Teaching Conference Taking Proposals

The US Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS) will be held virtually June 28 to July 1, with pre-conference workshops starting June 24. Proposals are being accepted for interactive breakout sessions, pre-conference workshops, posters-and-beyond contributions, and birds of a feather discussion topics.

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[1 Jan 2021 | Comments Off on GAISE II Now Available; Download for Free | 2,015 views]

The Pre-K–12 Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education II (GAISE II): A Framework for Statistics and Data Science Education is now available for free download or purchase on Amazon.

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[1 May 2020 | Comments Off on Spring Issue of Statistics Teacher Filled with Activities | 532 views]

Statistics Teacher—the online journal for grades K–12 educators—features articles about the 2020 Census, a free teaching resource, RStudio, and Yummy Math. This latest issue is a must-read for teachers and students looking for timely activities.

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[1 May 2020 | Comments Off on Special Issue of Teaching Statistics: New Submission Date | 634 views]

The new deadline for submissions to the Teaching Statistics special issue, “Teaching Data Science and Statistics: Senior School or Introductory Tertiary,” is July 25, 2020.

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[1 May 2020 | Comments Off on Registration Open for ECOTS 2020 | 643 views]

The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education will host eCOTS May 18–22. As always, the conference will be held virtually and include discussions about engaging students in the classroom.

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[1 Apr 2020 | One Comment | 915 views]

In these interesting times, statistics educators and computer science educators need to work together and integrate their curriculum to prepare students for careers in data science.

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[1 Nov 2019 | Comments Off on Educational Ambassadors Sought | 997 views]
Educational Ambassadors Sought

The ASA Committee on International Relations in Statistics is seeking qualified nationals from Ukraine, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and/or Central African Republic to serve as 2020 Educational Ambassadors. In 2020, the ASA will select two educational ambassadors to receive funding to attend the Joint Statistical Meetings and take one or more continuing education courses in an emerging area of research. The ambassadors will then return to disseminate the subject matter in their home country and/or region.

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[1 Nov 2019 | Comments Off on 2019 Educational Ambassadors from Nepal, Mexico Attend JSM | 606 views]

The Educational Ambassador Program is an ASA outreach effort launched by the late Martha Aliaga and the Committee on International Relations in Statistics to foster international collaboration and enhance statistics education worldwide. The program subsidizes two ambassadors from developing countries to attend JSM and take CE courses. It also provides a one-year ASA membership.