
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
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- American Statistical Association
- Concord Consortium
- RTI International
- Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education
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Updates
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College of Education Professor Hollylynne Lee Among NC State Faculty Honored with Talley Technology Tower Lighting on Oct. 6
Hollylynne Lee, Ph.D., a professor of mathematics and statistics education in the NC State College of Education and faculty fellow at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, is part of a group of NC State faculty who will be recognized by the university when Talley Technology Tower is lit red on Oct. 6, 2020.
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Professor Hollylynne Lee Named 2020 American Statistical Association (ASA) Fellow
Friday Institute Senior Faculty Fellow Hollylynne Lee, Ph.D., was recently named one of the 2020 American Statistical Association (ASA) Fellows.
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EdNC: The Joy of Math: An Interview with Dr. Hollylynne Lee
Friday Institute Faculty Fellow Hollylynne Lee, Ph.D., recently received the UNC Board of Governors 2020 Award for Excellence in Teaching. Learn more about her, her joy of math, and her free online course for math educators.
Selected Projects
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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 will partner 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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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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Teaching Statistics Through Data Investigations Online Professional Development CourseThis course allows participants to learn how to emphasize inferential reasoning in teaching statistics through posing different types of investigative questions.
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Teaching Statistics Through Inferential Reasoning Online Professional Learning CourseThis course allows participants to learn an investigation cycle to teach statistics and to help students explore data to make evidence-based claims.
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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. LeeProfessor, Mathematics EducationHI-RiSE Director
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Dr Gemma Foust MojicaResearch ScholarHI-RiSE Co-Director
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Greg Cambridge RayGraduate Research Asst
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Hamid SaneiGraduate Research Asst
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David Jerome StokesGraduate Research Asst
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Dr Emily Plunkett ThrasherResearch Assoc
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Zachary VaskalisGraduate Research Asst