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How can IASE have an Impact on Statistics Education in Schools?

How can IASE have an Impact on Statistics Education in Schools?. Larry Weldon Simon Fraser University Presented by Allan Rossman California Polytechnic State University. Requirements (for effective stats ed. in schools). Enthusiasm of instructors for statistics

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How can IASE have an Impact on Statistics Education in Schools?

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  1. How can IASE have an Impact on Statistics Education in Schools? Larry Weldon Simon Fraser University Presented by Allan Rossman California Polytechnic State University

  2. Requirements (for effective stats ed. in schools) • Enthusiasm of instructors for statistics • Modern statistics education of instructors • Appreciation of statistics by school admin • Useful stat credit for future education paths Dismal image based on pre-computer style Tertiary stat ed (and cont’g ed) too old-fashioned Dismal image based on pre-computer style Included in Math or optional as Stat - not a major rqt.

  3. Source of the Problem? Old-Fashioned Teaching of Stats at the Tertiary Level • Pre-computer • Math-based instead of Context-based • Model focus instead of Information focus • One-shot vs Iterative • Formulas vs Graphics • Ignores re-sampling, simulation, for analysis

  4. Some Needs for Modern Stat Ed • Data analysis projects, individual & team • Student presentations & writing projects (explanations of strategies and results) • Expanded use of statistical software & graphics • “Live” data sets and context-based discussion • Exposure to illusions of randomness • Important variability measurement demos

  5. What has IASE done to help? • Conferences to rally support for reform • ICOTS 1 to 7 (since 1986) • ISI/IASE Satellites (since 1993) • IASE Round Tables (since 1996) • ICME (since 1996) • ISI Stat Ed sections (since 1999) • Stat ed journals • SERJ, ISR, Teaching Statistics, various newsletters …

  6. IASE sponsored info for teachers • Available on the Internet • General and topic-specific • Data sets and intriguing examples • Software to ease modern calculations • Teaching examples with ready-to-use simulations • Advice on verbalization of statistical ideas • Use of team-work strategies • Hands-on activities • …..

  7. What more needs to be done? • Tertiary courses need to be updated(wide agreement on what is needed, but many institutional impediments to reform) • More emphasis on statistics as a process rather than a product • Less dependence on textbooks and more on experiential learning • Direct representation of statistics reform to school-district administrators

  8. Can IASE help in Implementation? • Free IASE membership for undergrad chairs responsible for statistics (useful contacts too). • Visiting Lecturer Program on Modern Stats Curriculum, sponsored by IASE • IASE Pres Letter to dept chairs about reform movement in stats ed. • IASE Pres Letter to schools to encourage prof development for stats teachers • Other ideas????

  9. IASE as Persuader • More emphasis needed on implementing change • A political agenda … Thanks for Listening And Extra Thanks to Allan Rossman from Larry Weldon

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