San
Francisco Bay Area Chapter (Non-Profit),
American
Statistical Association (ASA) Announcement
SFASA
K12 Initiative
The San
Francisco Bay Area chapterŐs K12 Initiative is the continuation of an effort
that began two years ago to further statistics education in Bay Area K12
classrooms. New developments include the establishment of a governing committee
(see description below) and an online community for all who wish to be
involved. To learn about our efforts over the last two years, refer to
following links:
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http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2011/11/01/bayareanov11/
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http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2012/07/01/sanfranjul12/
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http://www.sfasa.org/APreport2012.htm
The ASA has
contributed nationally to the common core curriculum for mathematics adopted by
45 states, including California. In 2014, every mathematics class in
California will include statistics in its common core curriculum (http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards). AP statistics classes will expand their
curriculum.
The ASA holds
an annual competition for posters and projects displaying statistical
applications by individual students or teams from K-12. The ASA also organizes
a poster competition for students (http://www.amstat.org/education/posterprojects/index.cfm) and has created a Census at School module
to enrich understanding of the 2010 census (http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2010/04/01/censusatschool/).
SFASA K12 Statistics Education
Committee
The SFASA K12 Education
Initiative is powered by the K12 Statistics Education Committee, which will
work on the development of two projects:
1. Career to Classroom Project
The committee connects
its open online community of statistics instructors (located at http://K12statisticseducation.groups.curriki.org) to practicing statisticians in
the Bay Area. These volunteers are glad to give an engaging 1-2-hour lecture
about their work to give students a sense of how they might use statistics in
the future. Past
lectures have included careers in statistics and designing a clinical trial.
Our volunteers can also assist students participating in the ASA poster session
or in the Census at School.
2. Professional Development Workshops
The committee is
planning to host regular events geared at supporting statistics teachers. We
are currently in the process of organizing a workshop, which will take place in
2013. Details TBD.
K12 Advisory Committee
Our K12
initiative includes an advisory committee available to suggest ideas for the
volunteers. The committee membership includes Bay Area AP Statistics scholars
and leaders in industry. The membership of the advisory committee appears in
the attached
To become part of the SFASA
community of statistics educators, join at http://K12statisticseducation.groups.curriki.org.
For more information on the SFASA K12 Initiative, please contact Committee
Chairs Katie Kormanik (katie.kormanik@gmail.com) and Jacqueline Shaffer
(jacqueline_shaffer2003@yahoo.com).
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