Research On Student Attitudes workshop July 28-30


The American Statistical Association granted Dr. Marjorie Bond a membership initiative grant to host the Research On Statistics Attitudes (ROSA) workshop, July 28th – July 30th.  The timing of the workshop allows Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) participants to attend the workshop prior to JSM.  We are asking people to fly into Chicago on July 28th, the Thursday before JSM at which time by van you’ll cross Illinois to Monmouth, IL, home of the Fighting Scots (Monmouth College) and birthplace of Wyatt Earp.  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<https://www.causeweb.org/cause/archive/research/guidelines/ResearchReport_2012.pdf> (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 on Sunday morning, 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.

The number of participants is limited to 20 people, and it is expected that participants have prepared for the workshop prior to arrival, during, and after the workshop.  We are encouraging graduate students, instructors at two-year institutions, and people new to the research area to attend the workshop. Another of our goals is to establish several working groups, and we expect to use the CAUSEmos research cluster model used at USCOTS 2007.

For more information and to apply see www.rosamc.com