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Beyond The Formula
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A Conference About Teaching Introductory Statistics
“Constantly Improving the Teaching
of Introductory Statistics”
Monroe Community College
1000 East Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY
Beyond The Formula is an annual two-day, summer conference designed to promote excellence in teaching introductory statistics. Whether participants come from the high school, two-year or four-year college setting, they can expect to hear speakers who will provide them with new ideas and techniques that will make their classrooms more effective statistics learning centers.
In organizing each new BTF conference, four major areas of teaching concern have been identified: the curriculum, the techniques and methodologies of teaching, the ever-changing technology, and real world applications. Each year one of these topic areas is chosen to serve as a common thread to draw together all the presentations - with 20 to 25 large-group, small-group and workshop sessions, all of the four topic areas find their way into each conference.
Come with us each summer on a trip Beyond The Formula to see how exciting, thought provoking and inspiring the teaching of introductory statistics can really be.
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Announcements
- BTF will not be held in 2007; in its place we are hosting a 5-day CAUSE Workshop. Details below.
- BTF 2008 ~ In conjunction with CAUSE, Monroe Community College is in the planning stages of Beyond The Formula 2008. Check back to this website for developing details.
August 2007
The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE), in partnership with the Mathematics Department of Monroe Community College, is sponsoring a workshop on teaching the first statistics service course.
Navigating the First Statistics Service Course
Damon City Campus of Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York
Monday, August 6 through Friday, August 10, 2007
Presenters:
Tom Short, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
John Holcomb, Cleveland State University
This five-day workshop targets inexperienced teachers of Introductory Statistics, and will expose the participants to current strategies, resources, and research about teaching and learning introductory statistics.
The workshop will explore many topics in the development and improvement of an introductory statistics course. The workshop will be structured around the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) College Report (see www.amstat.org/education/gaise). Participants will also explore CAUSEweb.org , an online digital library of statistics teaching materials. The workshop will also help participants develop assessment strategies and instruments that identify student learning. This will include use of the online Assessment Resource Tools for Improving Statistical Thinking (ARTIST).
Workshop attendance will be limited to 28 participants. There is no registration fee or cost for materials. CAUSEway workshops receive principal funding from a National Science Foundation grant.
Further details about the workshop, the speakers, the agenda and registration process can be found on the Cause website: http://www.causeweb.org/workshop/rochester/
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- "Attend" BTF IX In Retrospect by using the '2005 BTF IX' link on the left. View pictures.
- We will leave the information for BTF IX ~ 2005 posted as a model for BTF X ~ 2008 until information for 2008 is available.
Use the links on the left to access all detailed information.
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Questions or Comments? E-mail BeyondTheFormula@MonroeCC.edu
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