May 30, 2009
Fields MathEd Forum Meeting
Fields Math Ed Forum Meeting
30 May 2009, 10 am - 2 pm
Fields Institute, 222 College Street, Toronto
Agenda
1. Reports: OAME, OMCA, OCMA, CMESG, and others
2. Announcements, updates
3. Morning:
* Welcome and Introduction to the theme "Promoting Statistics
Literacy"
* David Spiegelhalter: Risk roadshow:
real-world probability as part of maths outreach
* Karen Lawrence: Statistics literacy
in the classroom
* Sandra MacIntyre and Mary Townsend: ESTAT as a resource for the
statistics teacher
4. Lunch break: statistical work display (students in Shirley Dalrymple's
class)
5. Afternoon:
* Amy Lin: The Halton Peel Data Fair
* High school teacher panel: Marsha Melnik, Henry Tam, Wayne Erdman,
and Anthony
Meli: Issues with the Grade 12 Data Management course
A light lunch will be served around 12 noon.
Next meeting: September 2009 (to be announced)
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