The 2011 United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS) will be held May 19–21 at the Embassy Suites in Raleigh/Cary, North Carolina. This biennial meeting is the largest gathering dedicated to statistics education in North America and features provocative plenary talks and active breakout sessions.
The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education is pleased to join four other National Science Foundation–funded projects to offer United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS) pre-conference workshops in Raleigh/Cary, North Carolina, from May 17–19. The workshops will be held on the SAS campus.
There is no registration fee and lunch will be provided; however, advance registration is required for all workshops. Space is limited, so participation will be based on a first-registered, first-admitted basis. Acceptance into the workshops will be confirmed via email. Workshop offerings include the following:
- Teaching the Big Ideas in Introductory Statistics, taught by Deborah Rumsey of The Ohio State University and Marjorie Bond of Monmouth College
- Facilitating Student Projects in Elementary Statistics, taught by Brad Bailey of North Georgia College & State University
- Teaching Statistics with R, taught by Danny Kaplan of Macalester College, Nick Horton of Smith College, and Randy Pruim of Calvin College
- Computationally Intensive Methods in Teaching Introductory Statistics, taught by Webster West of Texas A&M University and Roger Woodard of North Carolina State University
Workshop registration is part of USCOTS registration. Participants may apply for an USCOTS registration grant if they do not have their own funds. The special conference lodging rate of $109 is guaranteed until April 16. Details can be found on the USCOTS website.
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