Getting middle and high school students excited about data might sound like a challenge. Hollylynne Lee, professor of math and statistics education, doesn\u2019t see it that way. \u201cData is about interesting problems,\u201d she says. \u201cGet them looking at nutritional data, for instance. And they\u2019re diving in, analyzing nutrition labels. They\u2019re asking questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In February, Lee was awarded the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, one of the nation\u2019s most prestigious education awards. The prize is awarded by Baylor University every other year and comes with a $250,000 prize to recognize exceptional professors who have a record of lasting impact on students. The College of Education will also receive $35,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lee\u2019s \u201cexcellence in teaching and research have changed the way mathematics and statistics are taught and understood, and she has made immeasurable impact on tens of thousands of students and educators,\u201d Provost Warwick Arden said when Lee received the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lee started out as a K-12 math teacher, then she \u201cfell in love with thinking about how people learn,\u201d she says. She went to graduate school, where she studied ways to harness new technology to help students. Today she works with aspiring and current middle and high school math teachers and directs the Hub for Innovation and Research in Statistics Education at the Friday Institute, collaborating with other researchers to create materials to help teachers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The best kind of data science teaching, she says, is \u201cabout giving students freedom to explore and ask curious questions.\u201d Making sure students understand data and statistics is more important than ever, she says. \u201cWe have to prepare students because so many future jobs are going to require this kind of knowledge. But everyday citizens also need to be reading news, looking at data with a sense of skepticism,\u201d she says, \u201cand asking questions, like, \u2018Who compiled it? What are the sources?\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n\n\n\n\n
Getting middle and high school students excited about data might sound like a challenge. Hollylynne Lee, professor of math and statistics education, doesn\u2019t see it that way. \u201cData is about interesting problems,\u201d she says. \u201cGet them looking at nutritional data, for instance. And they\u2019re diving in, analyzing nutrition labels. They\u2019re asking questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In February, Lee was awarded the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, one of the nation\u2019s most prestigious education awards. The prize is awarded by Baylor University every other year and comes with a $250,000 prize to recognize exceptional professors who have a record of lasting impact on students. The College of Education will also receive $35,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lee\u2019s \u201cexcellence in teaching and research have changed the way mathematics and statistics are taught and understood, and she has made immeasurable impact on tens of thousands of students and educators,\u201d Provost Warwick Arden said when Lee received the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lee started out as a K-12 math teacher, then she \u201cfell in love with thinking about how people learn,\u201d she says. She went to graduate school, where she studied ways to harness new technology to help students. Today she works with aspiring and current middle and high school math teachers and directs the Hub for Innovation and Research in Statistics Education at the Friday Institute, collaborating with other researchers to create materials to help teachers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The best kind of data science teaching, she says, is \u201cabout giving students freedom to explore and ask curious questions.\u201d Making sure students understand data and statistics is more important than ever, she says. \u201cWe have to prepare students because so many future jobs are going to require this kind of knowledge. But everyday citizens also need to be reading news, looking at data with a sense of skepticism,\u201d she says, \u201cand asking questions, like, \u2018Who compiled it? What are the sources?\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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