CAUSE January 2015

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USCOTS is co-sponsored by the National Institute of Statistical Sciences

by LAURA BURGHARD

The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE) is happy to announce that the US Conference On Teaching Statistics (USCOTS) coming up May 28 -30 is being co-sponsored by the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS). As a result, faculty from NISS-SAMSI Affiliate institutions may utilize their Affiliate Award funds to support travel expenses to USCOTS including conference registration. A list of affiliates may be found at http://www.niss.org/affiliates/list

8 years, 10 months

Deadline for CAUSE USCOTS Lifetime Achievement Award nominations extended to February 15th

by LAURA BURGHARD

The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE) is now accepting nominations for the 2015 USCOTS Lifetime Achievement Award in statistics education. This biennial award is presented at the U.S. Conference On Teaching Statistics to an individual who, over an extended period of time, has made lasting contributions with broad impact to the field of statistics education. Focusing especially, but not limited to, the teaching and learning of college-level statistics. See www.causeweb.org/uscots/awards for details. To give people more time to prepare their nomination packets we are extending the deadline for submission to February 15th at 11:59 p.m.

8 years, 10 months

CAUSE Announces Eleven pre-USCOTS workshops … and they’re free!

by LAURA BURGHARD

The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE) is excited to announce a program of eleven free workshops taking place prior to USCOTS. These workshops disseminate the great work of NSF funded projects in Statistics Education as well as the innovations of USCOTS exhibitors. See www.causeweb.org/uscots/uscots15/workshops for details and be sure to keep these fine workshops in mind when you plan your travel to State College, PA for USCOTS at the end of May. You can even sign up for two workshops if they don’t overlap in time. However, space is limited and will be on a first-registered-first-served basis.

8 years, 10 months

USCOTS Registration is Now Live!

by LAURA BURGHARD

Registration for the US Conference On Teaching Statistics is now live at https://www.causeweb.org/uscots . The conference takes place in State College, Pennsylvania, Thursday, May 28th to Saturday, May 30th with pre-USCOTS workshops starting Tuesday May 26th . Some registration grants are available to those who are unable to pay and apply early. See you in May! Dennis Pearl – Director of CAUSE Allan Rossman – USCOTS Program Chair

8 years, 10 months

CORRECTION: USCOTS Posters & Beyond session abstracts are due February 1st for initial reviews

by Kathy Smith

We are now calling for proposals for the Posters and Beyond (P&B) session at USCOTS in State College, PA*MAY 28-30, 2015*. Proposals may be submitted athttps://www.causeweb.org/uscots/uscots15/posters/index_submission.php The P&B session provides an opportunity for conference participants to display a poster of their ideas or provide a small demonstration of their favorite examples, activities, and teaching methods. But space is limited in this refereed session. Abstracts for posters or demonstrations in the USCOTS Posters and Beyond session submitted before Sunday, February 1st, 2015 at 11:59pm will receive feedback from the session organizers by Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Final abstracts must be submitted by Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Abstracts submitted between February 1 and April 1 will be considered for selection, but will not receive feedback from the session organizers.

8 years, 10 months

Reminder: USCOTS Posters & Beyond session abstracts are due February 1st for initial reviews

by LAURA BURGHARD

text of message: We are now calling for proposals for the Posters and Beyond (P&B) session at USCOTS in State College PA March 28 -30, 2015. Proposals may be submitted at https://www.causeweb.org/uscots/uscots15/posters/index_submission.php The P&B session provides an opportunity for conference participants to display a poster of their ideas or provide a small demonstration of their favorite examples, activities, and teaching methods. But space is limited in this refereed session. Abstracts for posters or demonstrations in the USCOTS Posters and Beyond session submitted before Sunday , February 1st, 2015 at 11:59pm will receive feedback from the session organizers by Wednesday, March 4 , 2015. Final abstracts must be submitted by Wednesday, April 1 , 2015. Abstracts submitted between February 1 and April 1 will be considered for selection, but will not receive feedback from the session organizers.

8 years, 10 months

A-Mu-Sing contest entries due April 1st -- No Joke!

by Kathy Smith

Announcing the "2015 CAUSE A-mu-sing Competition"! Any teacher, student or practitioner of statistics is eligible to enter unpublished examples of statistics jokes/cartoons, songs, poems, or videos for a chance to win cash prizes, publication on CAUSEWeb and recognition at USCOTS 2015! Entry deadline is April Fool’s Day (April 1), 2015. Seewww.CAUSEweb.org/uscots/a-mu-sing for complete rules and entry form. Instructors, in addition to sending in your own creative ideas, why not tap the talents of your students? Several items already in the CAUSEweb fun collection have been created by students and they may especially appreciate the possible prize money and national recognition. The task of putting content into the form of an engaging poem, song, video, etc., may give students additional clarity on a major content idea and force sustained engagement with it as they craft the entry.

8 years, 10 months

USCOTS is now accepting abstracts for the Posters & Beyond sessions!

by Kathy Smith

We are calling for proposals for the Posters and Beyond (P&B) session for USCOTS 2015. Proposals may be submitted at https://www.causeweb.org/uscots/uscots15/posters/index_submission.php The P&B session provides an opportunity for conference participants to display a poster of their ideas or provide a small demonstration of their favorite examples, activities, and teaching methods. Due to limited space, the P&B will be limited to approximately 70 presenters. Abstracts for posters or demonstrations in the USCOTS Posters and Beyond session submitted before Sunday, February 1st, 2015 at 11:59pm will receive feedback from the session organizers by Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Final abstracts should be submitted by Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 11:59pm. Abstracts submitted between February 1 and April 1 will be considered for selection, but will not receive feedback from the session organizers. Posters and Beyond is a peer-reviewed opportunity at USCOTS, thus the P&B team will make decisions about inclusion in the program. All P&B applicants will be notified whether they were selected by Wednesday, April 15, 2015.

8 years, 10 months

Workshop on teaching with simulation-based methods in Mesa, AZ in March

by Kathy Smith

A workshop on "Teaching the Statistical Investigation Process with Simulation- and Randomization-Based Inference" will be held at Mesa Community College on Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7, 2015. The goals of this workshop are to help participants to revise their introductory statistics course in two ways: 1. Using randomization-based methods, as opposed to methods based on the normal distribution, to introduce concepts of statistical inference, and 2. Emphasizing the overarching process of conducting statistical investigations, from formulating a question and collecting data through exploring data and drawing inferences to communicating results, throughout the course. Workshop presenters will be Beth Chance, Allan Rossman, Soma Roy, Nicola Justice, and Anelise Sabbag. Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation led by Nathan Tintle, this workshop is free but does require advance registration. More information and the registration form can be found at: https://www.causeweb.org/workshop/mesa15/ . Please help to spread the word to colleagues who might be interested in this workshop, and thanks for your patience if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Contact Allan Rossman (arossman(a)calpoly.edu) if you have questions. ----- Thanks again, Allan

8 years, 11 months

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