This event will count as a colloquium requirement for ALL Math Ed Majors.
Date: 11/19/14
Time: 4-5
Location: SCP 230
Presenter: Prof Adam Shrager
Event:
What IS and What AIN’T Stats?
The CCSS, The PARCC, and Teaching Statistics in the Algebra Classroom.
Whereas most people confuse probability for statistics, the new Common Core State Standards expects 12 year olds (and their teachers) to be able to “use random sampling to draw inferences about a population.” In short, seventh graders are supposed to be exposed to concepts in inferential statistics.
This reality, and a dozen more examples of statistical knowledge that must be included throughout the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade curricula, as well as the Algebra I and Algebra II curriculum, are the focus of this dynamic (and fun) 45 minute presentation.
Brief Bio:
Adam Shrager is an adjunct faculty member in the department of Mathematics and Statistics at The College of New Jersey, and also teaches courses in Statistics and Applied Finance at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is a full time teacher of AP Statistics and Mathematics at Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington, NJ. He is a former Wall Street executive who has also written a best-selling book about Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The CCSS, The PARCC, and Teaching Statistics in the Algebra Classroom.
Whereas most people confuse probability for statistics, the new Common Core State Standards expects 12 year olds (and their teachers) to be able to “use random sampling to draw inferences about a population.” In short, seventh graders are supposed to be exposed to concepts in inferential statistics.
This reality, and a dozen more examples of statistical knowledge that must be included throughout the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade curricula, as well as the Algebra I and Algebra II curriculum, are the focus of this dynamic (and fun) 45 minute presentation.
Brief Bio:
Adam Shrager is an adjunct faculty member in the department of Mathematics and Statistics at The College of New Jersey, and also teaches courses in Statistics and Applied Finance at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is a full time teacher of AP Statistics and Mathematics at Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington, NJ. He is a former Wall Street executive who has also written a best-selling book about Star Trek: The Next Generation.