Download ASA Poster Competition - Baltimore County Public Schools

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1. Background information
The ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on
the Curriculum in Statistics and
Probability and the American
Statistical Association's Center for
Statistics Education encourage
students to participate in its
annual Poster Competition.
This Slam Dunk has been designed
to help you organize your ideas,
create your poster and finally,
compete in this yearly contest.
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2. What should I include?
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Using the information that you’ve
learned in your class, and the
information located on the links on
this page, brainstorm the ideas that
you have for your poster.
What is a statistical poster?
Poster competition rules
2013 Poster Observations
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2013 Poster Winners
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3. Create your poster
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Remember, your poster dimensions need to be between 8 and 24
inches high and 24 and 30 inches wide (no larger).
Remember to structure your poster with the following
information:
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What is your focus question?
What data did you collect that is relevant to
the focus question?
How did you analyze the data?
What conclusions were drawn by the data?
Check your poster against the grading rubric
Committees of distinguished statisticians and dedicated
teachers of statistics meet each year to evaluate entries.
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4. Submit your poster
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Your poster needs to be postmarked by April 1
to the address below.
There is no entry fee.
Do not send posters rolled in a tube.
Multiple entries may be mailed together but
must have separate registration forms.
POSTER Competition
American Statistical Association
732 North Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
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5. More contests!
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Is your project worthy of
additional contest entries?
Caucus for Women in Statistics
The International Statistical
Institute Poster Competition
International Statistical Literacy
Project Poster Competition
More information!
Thinking of becoming a
Statistician? Read more about the
fields you could work in as a
statistician.
How do I become a statistician?
Resources for Students interested
in Statistics
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6. Teacher Support Materials
Common Core State Standards
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Grade 7 & 8: Statistics and Probability
Time Frame: Varied depending upon the grade
level and course of the student.
High School Statistics and Probability: Interpreting Categorical and
Quantitative Data
Notes to the teacher:
High School Statistics and Probability: Making Inferences and Justifying
Conclusions
High School Statistics and Probability: Conditional Probability and the
Rules of Probability
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This project is due by June 1 each year.
This Slam Dunk has been created to assist
students in completing the steps necessary to
compete in the ASA Poster Competition.
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High School Statistics and Probability: Using Probability to Make Decisions
Standards for the 21st Century Learner
1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format
(e.g. textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and
gather meaning.
2.1.3 Use strategies to draw conclusions from information and apply
knowledge to curricular areas, real-world situations, and further
investigations.
Last updated: July 2014
Created by Jamie Higgins Shaull, Department Chair – Social Studies
BCPS Slam Dunk Research Model, Copyright 2014, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD, all rights reserved. The models may be used for educational, non-profit school use only.
All other uses, transmissions, and duplications are prohibited unless permission is granted expressly. This lesson is based on Jamie McKenzie’s Slam Dunk Lesson module.