The conference provides a welcoming and engaging (perhaps even fun) environment in which teachers can exchange ideas and motivate each other to improve their teaching of statistics.
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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.
Statistics Education Project Wins Grand Prize in NSF Competition
Project SMILES, a statistics education research team, received a $3,000 grand prize in the National Science Foundation’s inaugural We Are Mathematics Video Competition during a ceremony at the NSF in May.
‘Don’t Try for a Census’
Larry Lesser of The University of Texas at El Paso repurposed a #1 hit (“Annie’s Song”) by John Denver to teach how a sample survey can beat a census.
Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference Approaching
Registration for the Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference is open.
CAUSE Offers Workshop, Mini-Course
The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education gets ready to host a workshop, mini-course, project competition, and A-mu-sing contest.
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.