The main focus of the second Quantitative Literacy Project was to provide secondary teachers with a week-long workshop on the quantitative literacy materials and on techniques to use in teaching those materials. The participants modelled the roles of students and the staff the role of the teacher, using techniques that could be transported to a secondary school classroom. One unique aspect of the workshops was the involvement of professionals statisticians contacted through the local ASA chapters who served as speakers, provided on-site visits and were role models for those interested in statistics as a profession. Another key element was to involve participants in planning, designing and carrying out a project with the guidance of one of the statisticians.
The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education