Statistics Teachers' Day

The New Statistics Curriculum

Wednesday 22 November 2006

Room 721-201 Tamaki Campus (Map)


Programme:

 8:45 —  9:00amRegistration
 9:00 —  9:45amWelcome
Statisticians at Work: Who Wins the Rat Race? Dr Rachel Fewster
 9:45 — 10:30amOverview of Statistics in the new Curriculum: Dr Maxine Pfannkuch
10:30 — 11:00amMorning tea (provided)
11:00 — 11:45amUsing Media Reports to Develop Statistical Literacy in Year 10 Students: Lynda Merriman (Baradene College)
11:45 — 12:30pmUpdated teaching resources on Time Series, Regression and Probability: Lindsay Smith (Epsom Girls), Matt Regan, Ross Parsonage
12:30 —  1:15pmLunch (provided)
 1:15 —  1:45pmParallel sessions:
  • NuLake Texts: Robert Lakeland and Carl Nugent
  • Sigma Mathematics: Dave Barton
  • Royal Society teacher fellowships: Brian Lewis
 1:45pm —  3:00pmParallel sessions trialling classroom resources implementing and demonstrating achievement objectives in the draft curriculum:
  • Probability Levels 4-8: Louise Addison (St Mary's College)
  • Resampling Level 7/8: Anna Martin (Avondale College)
  • Two-way tables Level 7 CensusAtSchool: Jason Florence (Otahuhu College)
  • Margin of Error Levels 5 & 7/8 (Files): Marina McFarland & Anne Blundell (Auckland Girls)
  • Variability Level 5: Michael Loretz (Massey High)
  • Statistical Literacy Level 8: Jeanette Saunders (St Cuthbert's)

Contact:

  • Ross Parsonage (r.parsonage@auckland.ac.nz, (09) 373 7599 ext 86608)
  • AMA (ama@stat.auckland.ac.nz, (09) 373 7599 ext 86693)