• Course: Statistics (Experienced)
  • Dates: July 16-19
  • Instructor: Michael Legacy, Greenhill School, Addison, Texas, email - LegacyM@greenhill.org

    • Michael is a past member of the AP Statistics Development Committee (2001-2005) and a former Table Leader at the Reading. He currently reads the Alternate and International (Form B) exams. He has been a lead teacher at many AP Summer Institutes since 1997, and is a frequent presenter at College Board and National Math+ Science Initiative conferences, student prep sessions for AP Strategies and NMSI as well as the AP Annual Conference.

    Michael was the statistics content editor for the series, Laying the Foundation: Connecting to AP Mathematics funded by the ODonnell Foundation. He has also authored the Prep for the AP Exam Guide for Yates, Moore, and Starnes The Practice of Statistics TI 83/89 Graphing Calculator Enhanced, 3rd edition and is the author of the 2007 College Board AP Statistics Teachers Guide. He recently authored the Teachers Resource Binder to accompany the new Statistics Through Applications 2e, the non-AP sister text to Yates, Moore, and Starnes The Practice of Statistics 3e. He has also authored the AP-style multiple-choice and free-response cumulative review sections for the The Practice of Statistics for AP 4e published in December 2010 as well as revisions to the Prep Guide for 4e.

    In February 2010, Michael was honored by the Siemens Corporation as the 2009 AP Math/Science Teacher of Texas. In addition to being the pre-K -12 Math Chair, Michael teaches AP Statistics, Honors Precalculus and Algebra I for 7th grade at Greenhill School in Addison, Texas.

  • Included:
    • Materials (Textbooks, Activities, Assessment Resources)
      • Flashdrive
    • Lunch & Snacks
  • Emphasis:
    • Deepening Content Knowledge.
    • Activities and simulations for building sampling distributions.
    • Using randomization tests as a common theme throughout the year.
    • Exploration of Minitab and Fathom.
    • Review of the 2011 test, through sample questions, rubrics and the grading of student responses.