
HI-RiSE: A Hub for Innovation and Research in Statistics Education
Building foundations for data scientists and data-informed citizenry
Today, the ability to make sense of data is essential. We need next generation solutions to improve data literacy for global citizenry, and career and college pathways related to statistics and data science.
Industry professionals, as well as educational experts, have called for an increased emphasis on data literacy in schools, integrated throughout the K-16 curriculum. The HI-RiSE team aims to help create positive, effective statistics and data education environments in a variety of ways. Through funding and partnerships with the following organizations, HI-RiSE at the Friday Institute is making a strong impact in the education of teachers and students from around the world:
- National Science Foundation
- Department of Education: Institute of Educational Sciences
- American Statistical Association
- Concord Consortium
- RTI International
- Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education
- SAS Institute
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Updates
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Collaborative Team at Friday Institute, College of Education to Assess ATR Program Impact on Teaching and Learning in North Carolina with New NCDPI Grant
A recently funded one-year, $249,909 North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) grant will allow a collaborative team from the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and the NC State College of Education to assess the impact of the teacher compensation models and advanced teaching roles (ATR) program on teaching and learning in North Carolina.
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Spring 2023 Online Professional Learning Courses Now Open
The Friday Institute is opening three free courses that cover a variety of topics including social and emotional learning, learning differences and mathematics.
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Catalyst Grants Support K-12 Students and Teachers For More Personalized, Equitable and Engaged Learning
Researchers presented their work during the fourth annual Catalyst Grant Research Symposium, hosted Sept. 27.
Selected Projects
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Amplifying Statistics and Data Science in ClassroomsOur world is rich with data sources and today’s media is flooded with graphs and data that require data literate citizens. Technology makes data more…
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Diagnostic Inventories of Cognition in Education (DICE)This project aims to develop a freely-available, web-based assessment system that efficiently provides teachers with timely, accurate and actionable feedback about student cognition in probabilistic reasoning.
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ESTEEM: Enhancing Statistics Teacher Education with E- ModulesESTEEM will facilitate the infusion of statistics content and pedagogy into undergraduate mathematics teacher preparation by providing faculty with technological and curricular resources, networking experiences and ongoing support.
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InSTEP: Invigorating Statistics Teacher Education Through Professional Online LearningInSTEP partners with RTI International to design and deploy an innovative personalized online learning platform to allow teachers to develop their expertise in teaching statistics and data science.
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Investigating How Teachers Implement Data Lessons and Support Equitable Student ParticipationThe purpose of the study is to gain a better understanding of how teachers implement statistics and data science lessons in their classrooms and out of school enrichment programs, as well as the extent to which teachers support equitable student participation while teaching statistics and data lessons.
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LASER InstituteThe Learning Analytics in STEM Education Research (LASER) Institute is a professional development program for early and mid-career researchers and funded by the National Science Foundation (ECR: BCSER).
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Preparing to Teach Mathematics with TechnologyPTMT utilizes an integrated approach to prepare prospective middle and secondary school mathematics teachers to effectively use technology in their classrooms.
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Writing Data Stories: Integrating Computational Data Investigations into the Middle School Science ClassroomThe Data Stories project attempts to integrate computational data analysis into the middle school science curriculum in a longitudinal, interdisciplinary way.
People
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Dr Hollylynne S. LeeDistinguished Professor, Mathematics and Statistics EducationHI-RiSE Director
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Dr Gemma Foust MojicaResearch ScholarHI-RiSE Co-Director
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Bruce Michael GrahamGraduate Research Asst
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Adrian KuhlmanGraduate Research Asst
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Purity Kendi MuthituGraduate Research Asst
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Hamid SaneiGraduate Teaching Asst
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David StokesCoordinator
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Dr Emily Plunkett ThrasherResearch Scholar