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Re: [VOICES] VOICES 2018 - Proposal Submission

by Getty, Tiffany

Hi Jeff, This is a great topic - learning is what life is all about! Let me know if you figure out the answer! Thanks so much for the submission. It was excellent to meet both you and Barbara in Denver (my husband and I listened to your CD on the way home!). By the way, here is the link to the website I told you about to learn Spanish (they do have lots of other languages too). https://www.languagetransfer.org/complete-spanish Cheers, Tiffany On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 7:34 PM, Voices <voices(a)causeweb.org> wrote: > Thank you so much for submitting a proposal for VOICES 2018! We will > review your submission and get back to you as soon as possible, and > certainly no later than July 31, 2018. > > If you need to revise your submission in the future, simply submit your > revised proposal using the same webform as before. The new version will > take the place of the old one. > > The information you submitted is below: > > Preferred presentation format: > Video Poster > > Presentation title: > Beyond the Classroom: Life-Long Learning > > Presenter names/affiliations: > Jeffrey "Dr Chordate" Moran > > Email address of lead presenter: > scimusic(a)tranquility.net > > Phone number of lead presenter: > 5736429749 > > Abstract: > We have in the US a large population of people who reject science, both as > being boring and un-understandable, and as being antithetical to certain > other philosophies/teachings. Just as songs are effective tools for > teaching/ introducing science facts and concepts to students in a classroom > setting, songs and humor can be used to reach this population of people, as > well as entertain those folks who already engage in the pursuit of > scientific interests, either professionally or for pleasure. Many > universities have an organization like the Osher Institute (or some similar > classroom situation for "over 50" people) and communities have a variety of > adult education programs. These life-long learners can be a gateway into > promoting science in the general population. > > Content keywords: > education, life-long learning, biology, physics, chemistry, anatomy, > physiology, general science, mathematics, adult education > > Audience keywords: > undergraduate, graduate, adult > > Goal keywords: > Share tools; getting people to think outside the classroom > > Sept. 26 schedule constraints, if known: > At this time, I think I will be travelling, probably in Oklahoma. I will > know more later. > > How you will engage the online audience: >

5 years, 9 months

Re: [VOICES] VOICES 2018 - Proposal Submission

by Getty, Tiffany

Hi Ashley, I just wanted to thank you so much for the proposal submission! The integration of humanities and arts within the STEM fields is a great topic. Greg and I will get back to you shortly. Thanks again, Tiffany Getty VOICES Conference Co-Chair On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 1:37 PM, Voices <voices(a)causeweb.org> wrote: > Thank you so much for submitting a proposal for VOICES 2018! We will > review your submission and get back to you as soon as possible, and > certainly no later than July 31, 2018. > > If you need to revise your submission in the future, simply submit your > revised proposal using the same webform as before. The new version will > take the place of the old one. > > The information you submitted is below: > > Preferred presentation format: > Live Presentation > > Presentation title: > Branches from the Same Tree: An Overview of the National Academies study > on the integration of the arts and humanities with science, engineering, > and medicine in higher education > > Presenter names/affiliations: > Dr. Ashley Bear, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine > > Email address of lead presenter: > abear(a)nas.edu > > Phone number of lead presenter: > 202-334-2486 > > Abstract: > This session will provide attendees with an overview of the National > Academies study: Branches from the Same Tree. This study examined an > important trend in higher education: integration of the humanities and arts > with sciences, engineering, and medicine at the undergraduate and graduate > level—which proponents argue will better prepare students for work, life, > and citizenship. Integrative models intentionally seek to bridge the > knowledge, modes of inquiry, and pedagogies from multiple disciplines—the > humanities, arts, sciences, engineering, technology, mathematics, and > medicine—within the context of a single course or program of study. This > movement in higher education raises an important question: what impact do > these curricular approaches have on students? To address this question, the > National Academies formed a committee to examine “the evidence behind the > assertion that educational programs that mutually integrate learning > experiences in the humanities and arts w ith science, technology, > engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) lead to improved educational > and career outcomes for undergraduate and graduate students.” The committee > conducted an in-depth review and analysis of the state of knowledge on the > impact of integrative approaches on students. > > > Content keywords: > integration; science; engineering; medicine; arts; humanities; consensus > study; National Academies > > Audience keywords: > undergraduate; graduate; workforce > > Goal keywords: > evidence-based; student learning and career outcomes > > Sept. 26 schedule constraints, if known: > > > How you will engage the online audience: >

5 years, 9 months

Re: [VOICES] VOICES 2018 - Proposal Submission

by Tiffany Getty

Hi Larry, Thank you so much for the submission, and I think it is fabulous that you have chosen the “create your own design” presentation category. The topic you have chosen is excellent, and Greg and I will get back to you with specifics. Thanks again, Tiffany On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 10:36 PM Voices <voices(a)causeweb.org> wrote: > Thank you so much for submitting a proposal for VOICES 2018! We will > review your submission and get back to you as soon as possible, and > certainly no later than July 31, 2018. > > If you need to revise your submission in the future, simply submit your > revised proposal using the same webform as before. The new version will > take the place of the old one. > > The information you submitted is below: > > Preferred presentation format: > Original Design > > Presentation title: > “Writing or Adapting Songs for Student Inputs to Make Interactive STEM > Songs” > > Presenter names/affiliations: > Larry Lesser (The University of Texas at El Paso), Dennis Pearl (The > Pennsylvania State University), John Weber (Perimeter College at Georgia > State University), and Greg Crowther (Everett Community College) > > Email address of lead presenter: > Lesser(a)utep.edu > > Phone number of lead presenter: > 9157476845 > > Abstract: > The first three presenters’ NSF-funded Project SMILES launched this May a > collection of 26 interactive introductory statistics songs for which > students choose inputs that will appear in the song played back to them on > an online platform. While this song format may provide additional student > engagement or learning (we are now analyzing data to assess this), having > inputs (especially those that can vary in content or length) can greatly > constrain the songwriting in expected and unexpected ways, and we have > learned that not all prewritten songs can be retrofitted as interactive > songs. We will briefly overview these issues in general and then for > concrete illustration, discuss with Greg Crowther some of his songs. While > Crowther wrote three SMILES statistics songs (and therefore has insight > into the distinctive dynamics of interactive songs), we will discuss with > him a couple of his biology songs (as an example how the principles > transfer across STEM disciplines) and how prom pts, inputs, hints, and > feedback would work. For an introduction to Project SMILES and interactive > songs, we invite you to view in advance our 3-minute video at > https://www.causeweb.org/smiles/, and then browse our song library > (choose “build a song”) as desired. > > Content keywords: > statistics, biology > > Audience keywords: > undergraduate (though also applicable to high school) > > Goal keywords: > analyze and illustrate instructor songwriting technique > > Sept. 26 schedule constraints, if known: > not aware of the constraints of all presenters at this point (I know I am > not currently scheduled to teach that day), but because our time zones > range from Pacific to Eastern, that may mean we should avoid the very > beginning or very end of the day > > How you will engage the online audience: > we would have multiple presenters having a conversation, so we’d need to > make sure we could do that without background noise or echo; by discussing > a song that definitely could be readily SMILE-ified as well as one that > would be not so readily done (and these songs would be agreed upon two > weeks in advance so we can prepare accordingly), we imagine this session > would easily fill up a 20-minute slot and it might be nice to have the > option to go up to another 5 minutes if necessary to answer questions that > might come from attendees

5 years, 9 months

[VOICES] Automatic reply: VOICES 2018 - Proposal Submission

by Lesser, Larry

Due to various professional conferences (and their accompanying advance prep and ensuing catchup) etc., I will be Out of the Office during much of the summer and may not be able to check and respond to email with my usual high levels of frequency and promptness. Thank you for understanding that while my reply may be delayed, your message is important to me and I will respond as soon as possible. For Mathematical Sciences Dept. matters, please call the department office: 915-747-5761. UTEP classes resume August 27. best wishes, Dr. Larry Lesser

5 years, 9 months

Re: [VOICES] VOICES 2018 - Proposal Submission

by Getty, Tiffany

Hi Asal, I just wanted to sent you a quick email to thank you for the proposal submission. I read the email you sent to Dennis, and your project idea to incorporate creative approaches to the sciences is extremely interesting. I am actually currently earning my own doctorate of education (that is how I got involved with VOICES), and I think your research, experience, and expertise are extremely interesting. Thank you so much for submitting your proposal! Tiffany On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 6:14 PM, Voices <voices(a)causeweb.org> wrote: > Thank you so much for submitting a proposal for VOICES 2018! We will > review your submission and get back to you as soon as possible, and > certainly no later than July 31, 2018. > > If you need to revise your submission in the future, simply submit your > revised proposal using the same webform as before. The new version will > take the place of the old one. > > The information you submitted is below: > > Preferred presentation format: > Video Poster > > Presentation title: > Undergraduate students use of songs to convey statistical messages > > Presenter names/affiliations: > Asal Aslemand, University of Toronto > > Email address of lead presenter: > asal.aslemand(a)mail.utoronto.ca > > Phone number of lead presenter: > 4169109429 > > Abstract: > In an introductory statistics service course for post-secondary students, > I included a data analysis course project that required students to analyze > a real data set retrieved from OECD (2017) regarding social network > support. In order to make this experience both fun and meaningful for > students, I invited them to create a vocal or visual presentation of their > statistical results for receiving an extra-credit. I received three > song-submissions. One of which is a video that is a show case of a student > playing on a piano singing a song that he wrote and composed. Another > student used parody of Taylor Swift's song "you belong with me". Lastly, a > student wrote a song that he sings with no instrument support. > > Content keywords: > Statistics > > Audience keywords: > High School, Undergraduate > > Goal keywords: > interdisciplinary approach to teaching statistics > > Sept. 26 schedule constraints, if known: > Due to scheduled teaching, I am available after 2 p.m. Eastern Time. > > How you will engage the online audience: >

5 years, 9 months

New blog posts on Assessing SBI and SBI in large classrooms

by Jill VanderStoep

Hi SBI folks! There are two new topics on the blog: Assessing Effectiveness of an SBI Curriculum and Teaching Simulation-based Inference in a Large Classroom. Many thanks to Karsten Maurer and Matt Beckman for their thoughts on these topics. Let us know (vanderstoepj(a)hope.edu) if there are any other topics for which you would like to see postings. We would like to make this a good resource for those already teaching with SBI and for those newly interested in teaching with SBI. If you missed JSM in Baltimore, here is the link to videos from talks at the plenary session. https://ww2.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2017/webcasts/index.cfm? utm_source=informz&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=asa&_zs=CueOe1&_zl=powA4 Thanks, Jill -- Department of Mathematics Hope College Holland, MI 49423 vanderstoepj(a)hope.edu (616) 395-7408

6 years, 7 months

simulation-based inference workshop near Atlanta on July 5-7, 2017

by Allan Rossman

Hello folks, Please see http://www.edventure-ga.com/serenbe/ for information on a professional development workshop on "Teaching Introductory Statistics with Simulation-Based Inference," to be held on July 5-7 near Atlanta. Best wishes, Allan Rossman -- Allan J. Rossman Professor and Chair Department of Statistics Cal Poly San Luis Obispo CA 93407 arossman(a)calpoly.edu<mailto:arossman@calpoly.edu> http://statweb.calpoly.edu/arossman/ 805-756-2861 Ask Good Questions

6 years, 12 months

FW: early registration for USCOTS ends on April 1 (no foolin')

by Allan Rossman

Hello SBI folks, The message below (apologies if you've already received it) encourages you to register for the upcoming U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics. I might add that some of the pre-conference workshops address simulation-based inference in various forms. Thanks for considering this, and please help to spread the word to others who might be interested, Allan Rossman From: owner-isostat(a)venus.cc.oberlin.edu [mailto:owner-isostat@venus.cc.oberlin.edu] On Behalf Of Allan Rossman Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2017 9:51 AM To: isostat(a)oberlin.edu Subject: [isostat] early registration for USCOTS ends on April 1 (no foolin') Hi folks, Early registration for the 2017 U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS), to be held at Penn State on May 18-20, ends on April 1 (no foolin'), so please register soon. The theme for this year's conference is "Show Me the Data!" The conference will feature an opening session led by Chris Wild (Univ of Auckland), plenary presentations by Rob Kass (Carnegie Mellon), Deb Nolan (Univ of California - Berkeley), Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel (Duke Univ), and Jay Lehmann (College of San Mateo), four sets of interactive breakout sessions, and two "posters and beyond" sessions. The conference will also feature pre-conference workshops, exhibitor demonstrations, "birds of a feather" discussion groups, a social media challenge, and a banquet dinner and awards presentation. More information about the program can be found at: https://www.causeweb.org/cause/uscots/uscots17/program. Despite all of the highly informative and entertaining aspects of the conference above, the real highlight of USCOTS is getting to know and chat with others who are committed to improving their teaching of statistics. Please join in the fun and exchange of ideas by registering before April 1 at: https://www.causeweb.org/cause/uscots/uscots17/register I hope to see you at Penn State in May. Thanks for reading, Allan Rossman USCOTS Program Chair arossman(a)calpoly.edu<mailto:arossman@calpoly.edu> -- Allan J. Rossman Professor and Chair Department of Statistics Cal Poly San Luis Obispo CA 93407 arossman(a)calpoly.edu<mailto:arossman@calpoly.edu> http://statweb.calpoly.edu/arossman/ 805-756-2861 Ask Good Questions

7 years

More thoughts on bootstrapping

by Jill VanderStoep

Hi SBI folks, Sorry for the mix up on the list serve email this past Tuesday. You may have guessed that wasn't supposed to go out to you all. This one is though! We have been having some great discussions recently about simulations mirroring the data gathering process. Should we bootstrap when we sample and use permutation tests when we randomly assign? What about confidence intervals? What is the best way to use simulation-based methods in the construction of confidence intervals? David Diez has some interesting insights on bootstrap confidence intervals. You can read what he has to say about this topic in our SBI blog topic "Should we teach bootstrapping?" https://www.causeweb.org/sbi/?cat=14 Wishing all the participants and leaders a great workshop this weekend at Cuesta College, San Louis Obispo, CA. If you missed the opportunity to sign up for this workshop, leaders Beth Chance & Allan Rossman will be putting on another one next weekend (Saturday, Feb 11) at Ventura College in Ventura, CA. This is a one day, free workshop on teaching Introductory Statistics with simulation-based methods. Spots are filling up fast! Pre-register on causeweb site with this link: https://www.causeweb. org/cause/workshops Check out our upcoming workshops here: https://www.causeweb. org/sbi/?page_id=298 If you have an idea for a blog topic, please feel free to email me vanderstoepj(a)hope.edu. Happy reading! Jill -- Department of Mathematics Hope College Holland, MI 49423 vanderstoepj(a)hope.edu (616) 395-7408

7 years, 2 months

SBI blog

by Jill VanderStoep

Hi, I am currently managing the SBI blog & as of this past Monday, the formatting of the blog has completely disappeared. We think something might be interfering with the theme of the blog. Even when we change themes, it is not properly formatted. Can you please look into this as soon as possible since we have out AP testers using this site daily. Thanks! Jill VanderStoep -- Department of Mathematics Hope College Holland, MI 49423 vanderstoepj(a)hope.edu (616) 395-7408

7 years, 2 months

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