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Current Issue

The November 2011 (Volume 19, Number 3) issue of JSE is now available. The table of contents can be accessed at: 2011 Table of Contents. There are four regular articles, two Teaching Bits, an interview by Allan Rossman with Joan Garfield, a new data set and story paper and a letter to the editor about a paper that appeared in the July 2011 issue. The issue includes a short acknowledgement of those who have volunteered their services to referee submissions to JSE over the past 12 months.

In addition there is a short tribute piece in honor of ASA Director of Education Martha Aliaga, who passed away October 15, 2011. I had the pleasure of knowing Martha for the past decade. A quick story: I attended ICOTS 7 in Salvador, Brazil in July 2006. Do to some problems with one of the local airline carriers going bankrupt, myself and several others found ourselves without flights back to the U.S. The airlines were suggesting that it might be two weeks before a flight could be arranged. Fortunately we had Martha on our side. In a very pleasant manner using a combination of Spanish and Portugese and with relentless determination, Martha was able to negotiate tickets for a half dozen of us for the next evening. I got to spend the day traveling around Sau Paulo with Martha. It turned out to be a most fortunate mishap.

We hope that you enjoy the issue and welcome your feedback.

Blast from the Past

In this issue Allan Rossman interviews Joan Garfield. That piqued my curiosity about papers that Joan has published in JSE. I decided to highlight the paper:

"The Challenge of Developing Statistical Reasoning"

by Joan that appeared in the November 2002 issue of JSE. In the paper Joan lists 12 types of errors and misconceptions people have when reasoning about statistics. For example, that a good sample must represent a large portion of the population, or that there exists a law of small numbers. After re-reading this paper I was left to wonder just how much progress has been made on these 12 errors and misconceptions.

Next issue

The next issue of JSE is due to be announced in March 2012.

Paper Submissions and Author Guidelines

Address paper submissions to JSE editor, John Gabrosek, and send as an email attachment to jse@gvsu.edu. Please follow the Guidelines for Authors that were updated for the March 2010 issue to better reflect current publishing practices at JSE.

JSE Copyright Policy

Authors retain copyright for papers and data sets and stories submitted to JSE. The JSE Copyright Policy can be accessed by clicking on Guidelines for Readers/Data Users in the menu on the left. You will also notice a JSE Policy for Using Data Sets and Simulations/Programs. The policy statement is meant to clarify what uses of JSE data sets require approval from the copyright holder (the author) and what uses do not require approval. Classroom and other teaching uses do not require approval.

Statistics Education News

Introducing STatistics Education Web (STEW)
STEW is an online resource for peer-reviewed lesson plans for K-12 teachers. The web site is maintained by the ASA and accessible to K-12 teachers throughout the world. STEW is a searchable database, and its content identifies both the statistical concepts being developed and the age range appropriate for its use. The statistical concepts follow the recommendations of the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) Report: A Pre-K-12 Curriculum Framework. The web site resource is organized around the four elements in the GAISE guidelines: formulate a statistical question, design and implement a plan to collect data, analyze the data by measures and graphs, and interpret the data in the context of the original question. Teachers can navigate the site by grade level and statistical topic.

More Statistics Education News

Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (eCOTS)
Save the dates! The first bi-annual Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (eCOTS) will take place from May 14-18, 2012 through the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE). eCOTS will center around three themes: (i) Teaching Statistics: Debating Some of the Big Ideas, (ii) Statistics for the Modern Student, and (iii) Reaching Out and Building Relationships Beyond the College Statistics Classroom. Included will be virtual sessions from leaders in the Statistics Education community, a virtual poster session, demonstrations from vendors, and virtual workshops. The conference will culminate in keynote presentations by technology innovators Hans Rosling and Webster West.

Other Statistics Education Journals

Statistics Education Research Journal
Statistics Education Research Journal (SERJ) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal of the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE) and the International Statistical Institute (ISI). SERJ aims to advance research-based knowledge that can help to improve the teaching, learning, and understanding of statistics or probability at all educational levels and in both formal (classroom-based) and informal (out-of-classroom) contexts.

STatistics Education Web
STatistics Education Web (STEW) is an online resource for peer-reviewed lesson plans for K-12 teachers. The statistical concepts follow the recommendations of the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) Report: A Pre-K-12 Curriculum Framework. The web site resource is organized around the four elements in the GAISE guidelines: formulate a statistical question, design and implement a plan to collect data, analyze the data by measures and graphs, and interpret the data in the context of the original question.

Teaching Statistics
A journal for teachers of students aged 9 to 19.

Case Studies in Business, Industry and Government Statistics
A journal of case studies in business, industry, and government statistics.

Technology Innovations in Statistics Education
A journal reporting on studies of the use of technology to improve statistics learning at all levels, from kindergarten to graduate school and professional development.

Model Assisted Statistics and Applications
This IOS Press journal is soliciting papers for its "Teaching Section" that it launched following its Special Issue on Teaching Statistics (Dec. 2009; Vol. 4, no. 4). A formal call for papers appeared in issue #2 of 2010.

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