Plenary speakers for USCOTS 2013 include Xiao-Li Meng, Chris Wild, Hollylynne Stohl Lee, Nicholas Horton, and Danny Kaplan. Read on to learn the topics they plan to address.
Education
ASA Census at School Program Hits 10,000-Student Milestone
The American Statistical Association’s U.S. Census at School program has recorded its milestone 10,000th student.
Annual Internship Listing
Every year, a list of internship opportunities for students is published in Amstat News. As an intern, you will have the opportunity to hone your skills in a variety of areas. There is something for everyone, from positions at pharmaceutical companies to a summer spent with some of the top companies in the tech industry. Improve your programming skills, make connections, learn how statistics are used in daily life. Interested students will send a letter of inquiry and résumé directly to the contact and locations listed.
Workshops Offered Prior to JMM
The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education will offer three Mathematical Association of America ancillary workshops on January 8, 2013, the day preceding the 2013 Joint Mathematics Meetings at the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina.
Beyond AP Statistics (BAPS) Workshop Held in Conjunction with JSM
This year, 21 teachers from across the United States participated in a Beyond AP Statistics (BAPS) workshop at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings in San Diego, California, on August 1. Read on to discover what they learned.
Statistics Workshops for Math, Science Teachers Held in San Diego
The American Statistical Association sponsored the sixth Meeting Within a Meeting (MWM) statistics workshop for middle- and high-school mathematics and science teachers on July 31 and August 1 in conjunction with the 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings. Twenty-four high-school teachers and administrators and 13 middle-school teachers attended.
Planning Begins, Proposals Sought for USCOTS ’13
Planning has begun for the next United States Conference on Teaching Statistics, which will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina, from May 16–18, 2013, and hosted by the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education.
International Census at School Workshop Held in Conjunction with JSM 2012
The American Statistical Association sponsored the 2012 International Census at School Workshop at the end of the Joint Statistical Meetings in San Diego, California, on August 2 and 3. Read on for the details.
2012 Educational Ambassador from Botswana Attends JSM
As the 2012 ASA Educational Ambassador, Keamogetse Setlhare of the University of Botswana attended the Joint Statistical Meetings in San Diego, California, to participate in Continuing Education courses.
ASA Group Reviews Mathematical Education of Teachers II
Following the Common Core State Standards Initiative in Mathematics, the Conference Board of the Mathematics Sciences released a draft of The Mathematical Education of Teachers II (MET2) as an update to the original document published in 2001. The report focuses on the mathematics and statistics preparation of K–12 teachers with the primary audience intended for college and university mathematics and statistics departments and individual mathematicians and statisticians responsible for educating K–12 mathematics/statistics teachers.