Time: 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM ESTM

Location: Viera High School 6103 Stadium Parkway, Lab 4-114 Viera, FL 32940

Description: The goals of the workshop are to (a) enhance middle and high school teachers’ content knowledge related to key concepts and ideas in statistics, (b) give middle and high school teachers background on statistical concepts and their relationship to Florida Mathematics Standards, (c) model for middle and high school teachers sample problems dealing with the concept of describing and comparing distributions with a specific emphasis on measures of center (mean and median) and variability (interquartile range and mean absolute deviation), and provide interactive activities on these concepts, (d) model for middle and high school teachers sample problems dealing with the role of randomness in the interpretation of results, and provide interactive activities on these ideas, (e) provide middle and high school teachers with sample student assessment items and how these items stem from, and are in the spirit of, relevant standards, and provide interactive activities on assessment topics, (f) provide middle and high school teachers with a list of resources supported by the What Works Clearinghouse, the American Statistical Association, and the National Council for the Teachers of Mathematics, and (g) provide opportunities for middle and high school teachers to ask clarifying questions.

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Audience: The audience will include in-service teachers working in the Brevard Public Schools District. Teachers who attend this event will be working primarily at the middle and high school levels. District-level mathematics coordinators and school-level teacher leaders may also be in attendance.

Speakers: Tim Jacobbe, Ph.D.