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STatistics Education Web (STEW)

ASA the American Statistical Association has recently launched STatistics Education Web (STEW), that aims to reach out to K-12 (KS2-KS4) mathematics and science teachers who teach statistics concepts in their classrooms. STEW is an online resource for peer-reviewed lesson plans for teachers. The web site is maintained by the ASA and accessible to teachers throughout the world.

You can view all the STEW lesson plans and resources on the ASA website here: www.amstat.org/education/stew

New Masters Qualification in Teaching at Pre-University Level

The Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education (RSSCSE), Plymouth University (PU) and Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI, www.mei.org.uk) have developed new Masters level degree pathways. They have just been validated by Plymouth University as part of its well-established International Masters Programme (IMP) and the first cohort of students will start 14 September 2013.

Learn more and find out how you can apply.

The Quantitative Methods Initiative

The Quantitative Methods Initiative which is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and Higher Education Academy have recently launched a new website that aims to improve capacity in quantitative social science and make best possible use of the UK's world-class data infrastructure.

QMI

The site covers the entire educational life course from school projects to postdoctoral research and all social science disciplines. It includes both research and teaching and learning.You can access the site here www.quantitativemethods.ac.uk.

In addition anyone interested in teaching materials for Quantitative Methods can access an archive held at the University of Oxford by the Department of Sociology, it is open for all to use but copyright of the materials remains with the authors. You can access the archive at www.sociology.ox.ac.uk.

Teaching Statistics in British Secondary Schools

What do trainee Mathematics teachers know about teaching Statistics in British Secondary Schools?

The launch of the results of research into the extent and form of statistics knowledge and pedagogy in British PGCE Mathematics courses was held on the 26 September at the Royal Statistical Society in London.

“I’m clear on the curriculum but not how to teach it (Statistics)”

“(Statistics is) used in other subjects, but not given justice because students don’t understand the purpose, usually because the teacher doesn’t”

Are these damning indictments of the way statistics is regarded in training Mathematics teachers?