Workshop schedule: Tarrant County Community College

Before the Workshop

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Wednesday June 12, 2019

• 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm: Registration
• 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm: Welcome & housekeeping Announcements (Danny Kaplan)
• 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm: Icebreaker: Teaching Statistics (Thomas Kinzeler)
• 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm: GAISE and ASA/AMATYC guidelines to teaching statistics (Andy Zieffler)

• 2:50 pm - 3:20 pm: Tidy data [slides] [notes] (Danny Kaplan)

• 3:20 pm - 3:30 pm: Break

• 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Orientation to the StatPREP website, Little Apps, and MAA Connect (Kate Kozak)

• 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm: Introduction to RStudio cloud (Danny) * link to RStudio project

• 4:50 pm - 5:00 pm: Break

• 5:00 pm - 5:50 pm: Using StatPREP Little Apps in the Classroom Activity #1: Center and spread (Kate Kozak)
• 5:50 pm - 6:00 pm: Questions & answers
• 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm: Dinner-time discussion of statewide curriculum

• 6:45 pm - 7:00 pm: Share out / Adjourn Day 1

Thursday June 13, 2019

• 8:00 am - 8:30 am: Breakfast

• 8:30 am - 9:00 am: Getting to know Tutorials (Danny)

• 9:00 am - 10:00 am: Regression Gala
  • Using StatPREP Little Apps in the Classroom Activity #2: Linear Regression (Helen Burn)
  • It’s all about Regression! (Danny Kaplan)

• 10:00 am - 10:15 am: Break

• 10:15 am - 11:15 am: Parallel sessions – your choice!
  • Using StatPREP Little Apps in the Classroom Activity #3: Confidence intervals (Kate Kozak)
  • Less Volume, More Creativity: An R Starter Toolkit (Andy Zieffler) [slides] & tutorial server one] & server two
  • Regression: Where it’s at versus where it could be! (Helen Burn)

• 11:15 am - 12:00 am: Finding good sources of data (Danny Kaplan)

• 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm: Lunchtime Discussion: continuation of yesterday’s discussion on curriculum and state standards

• 12:45 pm - 1:15 pm: Confidence intervals by the book boot. (Danny Kaplan)

• 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm: Parallel sessions – your choice!
  • Using StatPREP Little Apps in the Classroom Activity #4: Introduction to the Normal Distribution (Mike Brilleslyper)
  • Starting with regression (Danny)

• 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm: Break

• 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm: Tips for creating an active classroom and assessment ideas (Andy Zieffler)

• 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm: Parallel sessions – your choice!
  • Using StatPREP Little Apps in the Classroom Activity #5: Two-sample t-test (Kate)
  • Designing an Activity (Andy Zieffler) Andy’s Statistical Thinking book
  • Writing an interactive tutorial (Danny)
• 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm: Resources for moving toward data science (Danny)
  • National Academies report on data science for undergraduates
  • https://teachdatascience.com – summer blog about teaching data science
  • Books
    • Kate Kozak’s open-source textbook
    • R for Data Science
    • Modern Data Science with R
    • Stats for Data Science book (for instructor self study)
• 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm: Small Group Discussions: Takeaways
• 4:20 pm - 4:40 pm: Q & A panel discussion
  • Amelia’s syllabus
  • Open Textbook Initiative
  • ASA p-value statement and corresponding special issue of The American Statistician
• 4:40 pm - 5:00 pm: Staying in touch

• 5:00 pm: Adjourn

Locations

Times differ from location to location. The above schedule will be adjusted accordingly.

1. Hartford, CT
   • Friday, May 31: 2pm – 6pm (first day), 4 hours
   • Saturday June 1: 8am – 5pm (2nd day) 9 hours
   • Staffing: Nick Horton, Danny Kaplan
   • Hub leader: Hwayeon Ryu
   • Lodging: Simsbury Inn
   • 13 new participants, 10 returning
2. Howard Community College: Columbia, MD
   • Friday, June 7: 2pm – 6pm (first day), 4 hours
   • Saturday, June 8: 8am – 5pm (2nd day) 9 hours
   • Staffing: Danny Kaplan, Randy Pruim, Andy Zieffler, Amelia McNamara (Saturday), Brooke Orosz, Hwayeon Ryu, Joe Roith
   • Hub leader: Carol Howald
   • Lodging: Columbia Inn at Peralynna (410-715-4600)
   • 45 new participants
3. Tarrant County College: Fort Worth, TX
   • Wed 6/12 from 1pm – 6:30pm, 5.5 hours
   • Thurs 6/13 from 8:30am – 5:00pm, 8.5 hours
   • Staffing: Danny Kaplan, Andy Zieffler, Kate Kozak, Helen Burn, Mike Brilleslyper
   • Hub leader: Thomas Kinzeler
   • Lodging: Hilton Garden Inn in Hurst, TX Use the custom reservation link – statPREP
   • 28 new participants
4. Highline College: Des Moines, WA (Seattle area)
   • Thurs June 20: 9am to 4pm, 7 hours
   • Friday June 21: 9am to 3pm, 6 hours
   • Staffing: Nick Horton, Kelly McConville, Danny Kaplan, Kate Kozak, Ambika Silva, Joe Roith, Carol Howald, Thomas Kinzeler
   • Hub leader: Helen Burn
   • Lodging: DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport
   • 15 new participants, 9 returning