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AP* STATISTICS
Daren Starnes  history
Daren Starnes is Master Teacher in Mathematics at The Lawrenceville School near Princeton, NJ. Daren earned his M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan. In 1997, he received a GTE GIFT Grant to integrate AP* Statistics and AP* Environmental Science. He was named a Tandy Technology Scholar in 1999. Daren has led numerous one-day and weeklong AP* Statistics institutes for new and experienced AP* teachers, and has been a reader, table leader, and question leader for the AP* Statistics exam. Since 2004, Daren has served on the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on Statistics and Probability. He will chair the committee in 2009. Daren is coauthor of The Practice of Statistics, 3rd edition and Statistics Through Applications.
contact
You can e-mail Daren at dstarnes@lawrenceville.org
session outline
- Course Description:
This course will focus on best practices for helping students master the essential concepts and methods of AP* Statistics. We will share resources for assessment, technology, projects, and AP* exam preparation. In addition, we will examine issues related to organizing and administering the course, such as student selection, pacing, and sequencing.
- Course Objectives:
Participants will:
- Examine effective instructional strategies for teaching AP* Statistics.
- Deepen their understanding of statistical concepts and methods in data analysis, study design, probability and randomness, and statistical inference.
- Utilize technology to promote statistical thinking. Develop facility with using the TI-83/84/89/Nspire and computer software to manage, describe, analyze, and generate data.
- Explore a variety of ways to assess student learning.
- Preparing for the Course:
In order to get the most out of our time together, please do the following before you come to the first class meeting:
- Download a copy of the AP* Statistics Course Description and read it.
- Download the AP* Statistics Teachers Guide and skim or read it.
Note: You can download these documents from AP* Central: apcentral.collegeboard.com.
- Generate a list of questions that you would like to get answered during our week together. If possible, e-mail these to me ahead of time!
- If you have taught the course before, bring a “best practice” handout to share with your colleagues.
- Monday, Day 1
- Morning
- Introductions, Welcome, Goals for the Week
- Overview of AP* Statistics: an opening activity; Statistical problem solving process
- Best practices: course planning and implementation
- Afternoon
- Exploratory data analysis: univariate and bivariate
- Best practices: promoting good communication
- Technology resources
- Tuesday, Day 2
- Morning
- AP* exam: lessons learned from grading
- Data production—observational studies, surveys, and experiments
- Best practices: mastering difficult design terminology and concepts
- Afternoon
- Probability and random variables
- Best practices: incorporating projects
- Wednesday, Day 3
- Morning
- Sampling distributions and confidence intervals
- Best practices: java applets and online resources
- Afternoon
- Significance tests and decision-making
- Best practices: assessment
- Thursday, Day 4
- Morning
- Best practices: AP* exam preparation
- Comparing two groups or populations
- Afternoon
- Inference about relationships
- Sharing of best practices
- Random raffle and graduation
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