The first biennial Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (eCOTS) was hosted by the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics from May 13–18. The conference was presented over the Internet and showcased three themes: Debating the Big Ideas of Teaching Statistics, Statistics for the Modern Student, and Commercial Resources for Teaching Statistics.
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USCOTS 11: The Next Big Thing
The fourth biennial United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS 11), which targets teachers of undergraduate and AP statistics, will be held May 19–21, 2011, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina. Teachers from two-year colleges are particularly encouraged to attend.
Two New Teaching Bits Featured in Latest Issue
The July issue of JSE includes 10 regular articles, two new Teaching Bits, and a rejoinder from Deb Rumsey to the letter from Michael Granaas in the March issue about whether to teach variance.
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.