• Course: Statistics (Focus on Fathom)
  • Dates: June 18-21
  • Instructor: Paul L. Myers, CEISMC - Georgia Institue of Technology, email - paul.myers@ceismc.gatech.edu

  • Paul recently "retired" from a forty-year mathematics and statistics teaching career, including 8 years in Europe & Africa and 32 years at Woodward Academy in suburban Atlanta, GA. He joined the CEISMC staff at Georgia Tech in 2011 and is current involved with K-12 student & teacher STEM projects. He has been an AP Statistics and Mathematics Vertical Teams consultant for the Southern Region of the College Board and a Fathom consultant for Key Curriculum Press since 1997.  He has conducted one-day and week-long summer AP Statistics workshops throughout the United States, including the AP National Conference. He is a frequent presenter at College Board meetings, the MST conference at Phillips Exeter Academy, GCTM and NCTM conferences, focusing on statistics, data analysis, simulation and appropriate use of technology.

  • Included:
    • Materials (Textbooks, Activities, Projects, Assessment Options)
    • Lunch & Snacks
    • Flash Drive with all handouts and loads of other resources
    • Sharing of AP Statistics Teaching Strategies and Resources
  • Emphasis: Activities that address the four broad themes of AP Statistics
    • Exploring Data
    • Planning a Study- Experimental Design
    • Anticipating Patterns – Using Probability theory and simulation
    • Statistical Inference