Section NExT
Friday June 3, 2022, 12:00-2:00 PM
Patti Frazer Lock and Robin H. Lock
St. Lawrence University
Using Simulation Methods in Teaching Introductory Statistics
Abstract: Modern simulation methods provide us with new ways to teach statistics that have been shown to increase both student comprehension and student success rates. This interactive workshop will discuss teaching with these techniques, including both bootstrap confidence intervals and randomization tests. We will provide multiple examples and activities to use in class, and explore free and student-friendly software that allows students to easily use these new methods. We hope the workshop will be fun and productive for those who are completely new to these ideas as well as those who just want a few new tips. Participants are encouraged (but not required) to bring a laptop if possible.
Bio: Patti Frazer Lock is Professor of Mathematics at St. Lawrence University. She has won the MAA Seaway Section’s Teaching Award, recently served as Chair of the MAA/ASA Joint Committee on Teaching Statistics, and helped write the CUPM Guidelines for Introductory Statistics courses. She is also an author on a variety of textbooks with the Calculus Consortium. Robin Lock is Professor of Statistics at St. Lawrence University and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. He was the inaugural winner of the ASA’s Waller Distinguished Teaching Career Award, numerous other awards for presentations on statistics education, and a member of the groups that produced the ASA’s GAISE (Guidelines for Assessment and Teaching in Statistics Education) Reports. Together with their three statistician children (Kari, Eric, and Dennis), they have developed a textbook and software for using simulation-based inference in teaching introductory statistics. They have led many faculty workshops on using this approach to teach statistics, are long-time mentors in the NExT program, and look forward to discussing these ideas at the NESMAA meeting.
Section NExT Coordinator:
Amy Wehe
Department of Mathematics
Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, MA 01420
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