Materials

8:30-
   9:30

Introductions, Workshop Overview and Evaluations

9:30-
   10:00

Planning a Conceptual Course Using Common Threads and Big Ideas, Part I:  GAISE Recommendations

During the “Planning a Conceptual Course” sessions, we will examine the main ideas that underlie a statistics course. Facilitators will share their planning process for a course, including methods used to identify key ideas.
 

The first part of this session will focus on introducing the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE).

• GAISE College Report (pdf)

• GAISE College Appendix (pdf)

• GAISE K-12 Report Summary (pdf)

• GAISE Summary Handout

• Presentation (ppt)

• GAISE Website Link

10:00-
   10:15

Break

10:15-
   12:00

Planning a Conceptual Course Using Common Threads and Big Idea, Part I Continued:  Identifying Common Threads.
In this interactive session participants will work to identify the key ideas in statistics courses.

• Presentation (ppt)

• Topic List Handout

• Group Follow-up Handout

12:00-
   1:00

Lunch

1:00-
   2:30

Planning a Conceptual Course Using Common Threads and Big Ideas, Part II:  Building a Concept Map for Introductory Statistics

Students will be introduced to the concept map as a planning tool for teaching a course in a conceptual manner.  Building on the previous session participants will use their ideas to build a concept map for introductory statistics.

• Presentation (ppt)

• Concept Map Handout

2:30-
   2:45

Break

2:45-
   4:30

Making the Class Interactive With Activities, Part I:  Starting with an Example

This session will provide an example of how to incorporate an activity into a class.  This example will demonstrate the type of activities that participants will be developing. 

• Presentation

• Coin Activity

• Applet URL

Tuesday

Activity

Materials

8:30-
   9:15

Selecting Presentation Topics

9:15-
   10:00

Making the Classroom Interactive with Activities, Part II

In the “Activities, Part II” sessions facilitators will provide a framework for incorporating student activities within the classroom. Participants will use this framework to identify and prepare activities of their own for use in the classroom.

• Presentation (ppt)

• Coin Activity Planning Worksheet

10:00-
   10:15

Break

10:15-
   11:00

Making the Classroom Interactive with Activities, Part II Continued

11:00-
   12:00

Finding Resources to Use for Activities
Participants will be introduced to CAUSEweb.org, an online library of statistics teaching materials to aid in finding materials for classroom use.

• Presentation (ppt)
• Scavenger Hunt
• Examples by Material Type
• CAUSEweb Handout

12:00-
   1:00

1:00-
   2:30

Finding and Using Real Data

A very effective strategy to encourage student involvement in the classroom is to have them use real data. In this session facilitators will share their experiences in using real data. Participants will find sources of data from the Internet and explore in-class activities, which can generate data from the students themselves.

• Presentation (ppt)
• Handout
• Activities
• Forensic Case Study (TI calculator)
• Forensic Case Study (Numb3rs)
• Class Dataset (Excel)
• Grip Strength Activity
• Planning Worksheet
• Activity Handout
• Examples of Archival Data
• NBA Dataset (Excel)
• Titanic Dataset
• Excel
• Text
• Activity Handout
• Analysis Handout
• Source URL
• Backup source info

2:30-
   2:45

Break

2:45-
   4:30

Using Technology in the Classroom, Part I: 

These “Using Technology” sessions will demonstrate a wide variety of statistical packages and their use in the classroom. These sessions will compare the advantages of various packages for classroom use. Extensive discussion will be given for using simulations to help students understand statistical concepts. Demonstrations will include calculator and computer based data collection systems.

• Presentation (ppt)

Wednesday

Activity

Materials

8:30-
   10:00

Using Technology in the Classroom, Part II:  Simulations

• Presentation (ppt)

• Fathom Example
  URL for data files

• t-distribution activity

  • Activity

  • Planning worksheet

10:00-
   10:15

Break

10:15-
   12:00

Presentation Preparation I

Checklist

12:00-
   1:00

Lunch

1:00-
   2:30

Assessment in the Classroom

In this session participants will be introduced to a variety of assessment techniques that allow them to evaluate student learning. This session will also include an introduction to the Assessment Resource Tools for Improving Statistical Thinking (ARTIST). This comprehensive web-based resource includes an assessment builder and extensive resources for creating authentic assessments.

• Presentation (ppt)

• Using Presentation Package (pdf)

• Sorting Distribution Activity (word)

2:30-
   2:45

Break

2:45-
   4:30

Assessment in the Classroom, Continued

5:00-
   7:00

Special Dinner

Thursday

Activity

Materials

8:30-
   10:00

Presentation Preparation II

10:00-
   10:15

Break

10:15-
   12:00

Participant Discussions and Presentations

During this final session participants will compile the resources and materials they have found during the preceding sessions into a cohesive notebook to take back for use in their own courses. This session will include presentations and discussions of the materials each participant produced.

• Group 1

• Group 2

• Group 3

• Group 4

• Group 5

12:00-
   1:00

Lunch

1:00-
   2:30

Participant Discussions and Presentations, Continued

• Group 6

• Group 7

• Group 8

• Group 9

• Group 10

2:30-
   2:45

Break

2:45-
   4:30

Wrap-up & Evaluation