Dear EdStat readers,
Below is information about several upcoming conferences of interest to
statistics educators. These conferences and others are listed on the Upcoming
Conferences page of the IASE (International Association for Statistical
Education) at
http://www.swin.edu.au/maths/iase/conferences2.html
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19 - 21 April 2001, Symposium in honour of Emeritus Professor
David Vere-Jones, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand,
see http://www.statsresearch.co.nz/fest/
12 - 17 July 2001, 25th PME conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands, see
http://www.fi.uu.nl/pme25/
15 - 20 August 2001, The Second International Research Forum on
Statistical Reasoning, Thinking and Literacy (SRTL-2),
University of New England, Armidale, Australia, see
http://www.beeri.org.il/srtl/
21-22 August 2001, International Association for Statistical Education
(IASE) Satellite Conference on Statistical Literacy, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
This precedes the 53rd Session of the ISI and is intended to be of
interest to a wide cross-section of society, with particular relevance
to teachers. See http://www.swin.edu.au/maths/iase/statlit.html
22-29 August 2001, IASE Sessions at ISI-53, Seoul, Korea.
Seven invited paper sessions have been organised by the IASE, with
another four jointly organised with other ISI sections, see
http://www.swin.edu.au/maths/iase/isi53.html. For general
information about the conference, see http://www.nso.go.kr/isi2001/
7-12 July 2002, International Conference on Teaching Statistics 6
(ICOTS 6), Durban, South Africa.
This conference is co-sponsored by the International Association for
Statistical Education (IASE), the International Statistical Institute
(ISI), and the South African Statistical Association (SASA). The major
aim of ICOTS is to provide the opportunity for people from around the
world who are involved in statistics education to exchange ideas and
experiences, to discuss the latest developments in teaching statistics,
and to expand their network of statistical educators. As the conference
theme for ICOTS-6 is "Developing a statistically literate society,"
special sessions on statistics literacy are also planned. For more
information see the IPC conference web site at
http://www.beeri.org.il/icots6 or contact Maria-Gabriella Ottaviani,
Chair, International Program Committee,
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For further information about the IASE, visit the website at
http://www.swin.edu.au/maths/iase/
or read the IASE Review, 2000 found at
http://www.swin.edu.au/maths/iase/newsletters.html
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Jackie Dietz
IASE National Correspondent for the US
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E. Jacquelin Dietz (919) 515-1929 (phone)
Department of Statistics, Box 8203 (919) 515-1169 (FAX)
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8203 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Street address for FedEx:
Room 210E Patterson Hall, 2501 Founders Drive
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