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Williams' Report into primary mathematics teaching

Monday, 22 September 2008 00:00

The final report has been published. A number of recommendations are made, including that there should be at least one mathematics specialist in each primary school, in post within the next ten years. The report was launched at the annual conference of the National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics (NCETM) and more details can be found on their website, www.ncetm.org.uk.

RSSCSE certificate

Monday, 22 September 2008 00:00

The RSS Centre for Statistical Education launched its new certificate in teaching statistics at secondary level at the Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI) conference in July.

RSS 2008 Teaching Statistics workshop

Wednesday, 14 May 2008 00:00

Pre-conference activity on teaching statistics in HE will take place before this year's RSS conference and will provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to summarise the latest developments in this area with a view to producing some guidelines for good practice in creating resources for teaching statistics by solving problems.

The second Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition (USPROC)

Wednesday, 14 May 2008 00:00

The second USPROC, sponsored by the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics (CAUSE), begins accepting projects starting early May 2008. The time period for project submission is from May 2008 to the end of January 2009. All projects undertaken by undergraduate students during the spring, summer and autumn of 2008 are welcome.

IASE publications

Wednesday, 14 May 2008 00:00

Some publications of historical interest can now be found on the IASE website. Interested readers should visit the site, www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/, select 'Publications' where the following can now be found: the proceedings of ICOTS 2 held at the University of Victoria, Canada in 1986; The Training of Statisticians Round the World (1987, ed R. M. Loynes, pub. ISI); and Teaching Statistics in Schools throughout the World (1982, ed. Vic Barnett, pub. ISI).

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