The American Statistical Association/National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability sponsored a Beyond AP Statistics (BAPS) workshop at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings.
Education
Statistics Workshops for Math and Science Teachers Held in Seattle
The American Statistical Association sponsored Meeting Within a Meeting (MWM)—a two-day statistics workshop for middle- and high-school mathematics and science teachers—August 11–12 at the 2015 Joint Statistical Meetings in Seattle, Washington.
New Undergraduate Data Science Programs
The number of undergraduate statistics degrees has nearly doubled in the last four years—making it the fastest-growing STEM degree—and master’s degrees are also growing quickly. Last month in Amstat News, we profiled five new undergraduate data science programs. Here are a few more.
2015 Poster, Project Competitions Showcase Winners
The American Statistical Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Poster Competition and Project Competition.
GAISE 2015: New Report for a New Era
The Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) College Report, originally endorsed by the ASA in 2005, has had a profound effect on the teaching of statistics. However, advances in technology alone warrant a re-evaluation of it.
United States Conference on Teaching Statistics to Facilitate ‘Making Connections’
The United States Conference on Teaching Statistics 2015 will be held May 28–30 at the Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center in State College, Pennsylvania. The theme of this year’s conference is “Making Connections.”
USPROC Entry Open
The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education in conjunction with the ASA is accepting applications for its sixth annual undergraduate statistics project competition. Get the details here.
Statistics: Fastest-Growing Undergraduate STEM Degree
Statistics—the science of learning from data—is the fastest-growing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) undergraduate degree in the United States over the last four years, an analysis of federal government education data conducted by the ASA revealed.
Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs in Statistical Science Updated
The updated ASA Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs in Statistical Science were adopted in November by the ASA Board of Directors.
2015 Internships
A list of internship opportunities is posted on STATtr@k, the new professional’s website.