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INSPIRE: INsight into Statistical
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INSPIRE was designed as a two-year course. The first year consisted of a weeklong workshop followed by a year-long distance learning course. The second year included a practicum in which participants worked on a real data analysis project mentored by a practicing statistician. However, this page includes only the content for the distance learning portion of the course. |
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To register, visit www.unex.ucla.edu. Click on the "Quick Enroll" tab at the top, and then either either Reg# T7347 (Mortlock) or T7345 (Olsen). The official catalog desription is: INSPIRE: Statistics X 402.2 This on-line course is intended for high school teachers new to teaching statistics. We will cover the Advanced Placement Statistics curriculum (experimental design, descriptive statistics, inferential statistics) from a teacher's point of view. Based on the NSF-funded INsight into Statistical Practice, Instruction and REasoning (INSPIRE), this course was designed by experienced high school AP Statistics instructors and college educators, including former Chief Reader Roxy Peck. Participants will study one AP topic each week by doing activities (some of which can be done in the classroom), short self-graded homework exercises, and data analysis exercises. "Teaching tips" and other resources are introduced to help teachers prepare students for the AP exam. Please note that this is not an introductory statistics class, and students who are interested in an introductory statistics class should enroll in Statistics XL 10. Prerequisite: A bachelor's degree. Participants should either be currently teaching a high school statistics course or have recently taught one.
Materials from each
of the workshops is available. |