Faculty development workshops aim to help faculty participants to teach in accordance with the American Statistical Association’s GAISE (Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education) report, with special emphases on the statistical investigation process, multi-variable thinking, and simulation-based inference.
20. "Introduction to Statistical Investigations," presented by Nathan Tintle and Beth Chance, virtual webinar, Thursday, September 18, 2025, Johnson Community College
19. “Online statistics courses: Models for teaching and engaging students in asynchronous and synchronous settings,” presented by Beth Chance, Karen McGaughey, Soma Roy, Anelise Sabbag, Todd Swanson, Nathan Tintle, Jill VanderStoep, Wed July 6, 1:00-4:15pm CT, U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics, Ames IA
18. “Models for teaching statistical thinking in introductory and intermediate statistics courses,” presented by Beth Chance, Karen McGaughey, Soma Roy, Todd Swanson, Nathan Tintle, Jill VanderStoep, Wed July 6, 8:30-11:45am CT, U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics, Ames IA
17. “Teaching Statistical Thinking with GAISE: Statistical Investigation Process, Multivariable Thinking, Simulation-Based Inference” (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California, April 26, 2025), presenters: Beth Chance, Karen McGaughey, and Soma Roy
16. “Teaching Statistics via Active Investigations,” presented by Nathan Tintle, Beth Chance, Laura Callis, Jennifer McNally, Tues April 8, 3-5pm ET, online through instats.org
15. EAPOST Scholar Program (January - February 2025)
Jan. 28: Inference for one mean - presenter: Jill VanderStoep
Jan. 31: Using simulation to introduce the logic of inference - presenter: Soma Roy
Feb. 14: Exploring the relationship between two quantitative variables - presenter: Beth Chance
Feb. 20: One proportion inference; impact of sample size on statistical significance - presenter: Laura Callis
Jennifer McNally and Anelise Sabbag on teaching statistics online
Panel discussions of EAPOST scholars (teachers who implemented the activiities)
14. "Teaching Statistical Thinking" - February 7 - 8, 2025, University of Arizona, Chandler, AZ, presenters: Beth Chance, Karen McGaughey, and Soma Roy
13. "Teaching Introductory Statistics Online" - Friday, November 1, and Friday, November 8, 2024, 3-4pm ET (12-1pm PT), presenters: Anelise Sabbag and Beth Chance (Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo), Jennifer McNally and Laura Callis (Curry College).
12. "Student Activities for Exploring Statistical Concepts" - A series of virtual workshops
Friday, September 13, 2024: Beth Chance leads an activity on sampling
Friday, September 20, 2024: Karen McGaughey leads an activity on sources of variation
Friday, September 27, 2024: Laura Callis leads an activity on comparing two proportions
Friday, October 4, 2024: Jill VanderStoep leads an activity on analyzing paired data
Friday, October 11, 2024: Todd Swanson leads an activity on comparing more than two groups
Panel discussions of EAPOST scholars (teachers who implemented the activiities)
11. “Direct experiences with student activities for learning statistical concepts”, August 22, 2024, Tompkins Cortland Community College, presenter: Beth Chance
10. “Teaching Statistical Thinking with GAISE: Statistical Investigation Process, Multivariable Thinking, Simulation-Based Inference” (Utah State University, Logan, Utah, August 13 - 14, 2024), presenters: Beth Chance and Todd Swanson
9. “Multivariable Thinking in Introductory and Intermediate Statistics Courses” (virtual, two-day workshop, Tuesday, July 16 and Wednesday, July 17, 2024), presenters: Nathan Tintle, Todd Swanson, Laura Callis, Karen McGaughey, Soma Roy, and Beth Chance
8. "Improving multivariable statistical thinking by teaching sources of variation" (an eCOTS workshop, virtual, Tuesday, June 18th, 2024), presenters: Nathan Tintle, Beth Chance, and Soma Roy
7. "Teaching Introductory Statistics with GAISE: Statistical Investigation Process, Multi-Variable Thinking, Simulation-Based Inference" (2024 ACMS Conference - Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA, May 28 - 29, 2024), presenter: Nathan Tintle
6. "Direct Experiences with Student Activities for Learning Statistical Concepts" - A series of virtual workshops
Friday, February 2, 2024: Jennifer McNally leads an activity on confidence intervals
Presentation webpage: https://www.inclusivestatistics.com/ci
Friday, February 9, 2024: Beth Chance leads an activity on one-proportion inference
Resources (slides, student handout, teacher guide, grading rubric)
Friday, February 16, 2024: Jill VanderStoep leads an activity on comparing two means
Resources (slides, student handout, solutions, useful links)
Friday, February 23, 2024: Soma Roy leads an activity on simple linear regression
Resources (slides, student handout, solutions, applet link)
Friday, March 1, 2024: Beth Chance leads an activity on the Monty Hall Problem
Resources (slides, lab assignment, grading rubric)
BONUS! Friday, March 8, 2024: Allan Rossman leads an activity on conditional probabilities
Resources (student handout)
Panel discussions among teachers who implemented activities:
5. "Implementing GAISE Recommendations: Activities with Data Collected from Students" (virtual, December 1, 2023), presenters: Beth Chance, Soma Roy, and Laura Callis
4. "Teaching the Investigation Process to Improve Statistical Reasoning" (Omaha, NE, 49th AMATYC Annual Conference, November 11, 2023), presenters: Allan Rossman and Todd Swanson
3. “Rossman/Chance Applets for Exploring Statistical Concepts” (virtual, September 22 and 29, 2023), presenter: Beth Chance
2. “Teaching Introductory Statistics with GAISE: Statistical Investigation Process, Multivariable Thinking, Simulation-Based Inference” (virtual, July 24-26, 2023), presenters: Beth Chance, Soma Roy, Karen McGaughey, Allan Rossman, Todd Swanson, Nathan Tintle, Jill VanderStoep
1. “Teaching Introductory Statistics with GAISE: Statistical Investigation Process, Multivariable Thinking, Simulation-Based Inference” (Clark College, Vancouver, WA, April 21-22, 2023), presenters: Beth Chance, Allan Rossman