Moving NC Forward in Teaching Statistics and Data Science: An NC State Regional Conference

Grade Level(s): High School

Date(s): June 13th, 2024 9am - 3:30pm

Location: NC State's Friday Institute

Cost: $25

Description: Come and connect with NC educators who engage in teaching statistics and data science in high school and college, including those who prepare high school teachers. Breakout sessions are planned to be applicable to all audiences.

This regional in-person conference is coordinated with the 2024 electronic Conference On Teaching Statistics (eCOTS). The larger virtual conference will be held from June 10th to June 13th and includes over 30 hours of virtual programming. This year's online conference focuses on statistics and data science education at high school, college, and all types of learning institutions. The conference theme is "What's Next? Moving Forward."

The in-person program on June 13th includes breakout sessions, whole group discussions/panels, and “watch parties” during lunch (provided) to engage with two plenaries by Dash Young-Saver (Skew the Script), and  Patti Frazier Lock (St. Lawrence University) and Jamie Perret (Brigham Young University). Learn More here

The virtual eCOTS program includes other keynote presentations from Rolf Biehler (Paderborn University) and Maria Tackett (Duke University),  reading groups, pre- and post-conference workshops, breakout sessions, birds-of-feather conversations, and “posters and beyond” sessions.

Registration

Registration is only $25 for the entire week of events, including all virtual sessions, workshops, and our NC State in-person conference. Registration is open and can be paid by credit card, Google Pay, or PayPal.

  • Registrants from member institutions, graduate students, 2-year college instructors and high school teachers can find discount codes here.
  • Registration is a two-step process. The first part requires you to pay for registration for the virtual eCOTS. The second part requires you to select a reading group, regional conference (select NC State!), and workshop(s) if interested. Please review information about these other events at the above links before beginning the registration process.

Planning Committee

This regional conference is made possible by generous funding from the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education and the Hub for Innovation and Research in Statistics Education at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, including the InSTEP and ESTEEM projects, funded by the National Science Foundation. The regional conference is organized and co-hosted by the following:

Contact(s): Hollylynne S. Lee - hstohl@ncsu.edu

Application Deadline: June 6, 2024