The ASA participated in three reviews of draft mathematics standards prepared through the Common Core State Standards Initiative. If adopted by the states, these standards could influence millions of school children in the United States. Here, the participants share their reviews and comments.
Education
Chance Project Moves to CAUSEweb
Beginning March 15, the online materials that support the Chance Project will move to new web site. Laurie Snell has overseen development of these materials at Dartmouth College for nearly two decades, but hopes to ‘really’ retire after celebrating his 85th birthday this year. Jeanne Albert and Bill Peterson of Middlebury College will assume the editorial duties.
Four Chosen as USPROC Winners
Four winning and four honorable mention projects were selected for the 2009 Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition, sponsored by the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education.
CAUSE, SERC Provide Teaching Activities
The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education has collaborated with the Science Education Resource Center project to connect activities for statistics classes with details of different pedagogical methods. Here are some examples of these methods.
JMM 2010 to Offer Professional Development Opportunities
The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education will host two pre-conference workshops on January 12 in San Francisco.
Statistics Workshop for K–12 Teachers Goes to U.S. Census Bureau
The American Statistical Association held its third annual Meeting Within a Meeting (MWM) August 3–4, concurrently with the Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, DC. Developed to help K–12 mathematics and science teachers meet current mathematics and science standards for teaching statistics, the program provides an opportunity for teachers to discuss and apply the statistical concepts and data analysis tools described in the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) Report: A Pre-K–12 Curriculum Framework.
CAUSE to Host Pre-JMM Workshops
The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education will host two pre-conference workshops on January 12, the day before the opening of the MAA-AMS Joint Mathematics Meetings 2010 in San Francisco.