Workshop opportunity, end of July

 

The Research On Statistics Attitudes (ROSA) workshop is July 28th to July 30th, in Monmouth, IL.  We are able to include a few more participants.  If you can get to Chicago, IL, on July 28th, we can transport you to the location of the workshop, Monmouth, IL, , home of the Fighting Scots (Monmouth College) and birthplace of Wyatt Earp.  Or maybe, the location is close enough for you to drive. 

 

For the next two days, working groups will (1) create plans to answer the four research priorities listed in the Affective (Attitude) Construct section in Connecting Research to Practice in a Culture of Assessment for Introductory College-level Statistics (2012) report, and (2) learn about teaching strategies which research has shown to improve cognitive learning.  Additionally by the end of the workshop, we hope to have two pilot instruments for measuring affective constructs in students and instructors ready to test.  The workshop ends on Saturday evening, so if you are going to the Joint Statistics Meetings in Chicago, you can return to Chicago by either Amtrak (arrive in Chicago by 10:38 a.m. or 3:15 p.m.) or by a van –  just in time for the start of JSM!  The first JSM session is at 2:00 p.m., and the opening mixer is at 6:00 p.m.

 

We are encouraging graduate students, instructors at two-year institutions, and people new to the research area to attend the workshop. There are no direct costs to participants besides travel to Chicago (or Monmouth if you can drive).  We will cover (1) transportation from and back to Chicago, (2) double occupancy hotel accommodations (for an additional $50 per night (total $150), one can have single occupancy), and (3) food (meals and breaks). 

Please see www.rosamc.com to apply or for more information or contact Marjorie E. Bond, mebond@monmouthcollege.edu directly.

 

 

Marjorie E. Bond Professor of Mathematics & CS

Statistician mebond@monmouthcollege.edu www.monmouthcollege.edu