ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY EDUCATION SECTION
AND CENTRE FOR STATISTICAL EDUCATION
LEARNING AND TEACHING SUPPORT NETWORK FOR MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS & OR
Discussion Meeting
Recent Developments in Statistical Education
Wednesday 1 May 2002, 2-5pm
Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London WC1Y 8LX
The meeting will be about recent developments in statistical education in schools and higher education. The first presentation will examine work in progress that is being carried out on behalf of the Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) for Mathematics Statistics and OR, the second will look at the findings from classroom-based research in statistical education in the United States and the third will focus on the material being produced by the international CensusAtSchool project.
Tea will be at 3.45pm with a farewell wine/snacks reception after the meeting at 5pm
ALL WELCOME
In order to allow for catering, if you are going to attend the meeting, please send an email to
[log in to unmask]
by Monday 29 April
2pm: Statistical Education in UK Universities: Practice, Evidence and Evaluation.
Neville Davies
Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education, Nottingham Trent University
Sidney Tyrrell
Coventry University
2.50pm: New Methods for using Simulation to Teach and Learn Statistics
Beth Chance
California Polytechnic State University
3.45pm: Tea/Coffee
4.10pm: Enhancing Statistical Numeracy in Schools
for Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Doreen Connor and Peter Holmes
Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education, Nottingham Trent University
For more details see
http://ltsn.mathstore.gla.ac.uk/pages/index.asp?recno=1087
|