Office of Continuing Education, Montana State University

M 518-801: Statistics for Teachers

Online Jun 10-Jul 26, 2013 Credit: 3 graduate Tuition & Fees: $910.05 Instructor(s): Phil Kaatz Register Online

Online
Jun 10-Jul 26, 2013
Credit: 3 graduate
Tuition & Fees: $910.05
Instructor(s): Phil Kaatz

Course Description

Stochastic concepts including probabilistic underpinnings of statistics, measures of central tendency, variability, correlation, distributions, sampling, and simulation. Exploratory data analysis including experiments, surveys, measures of association and inferential statistics. Discussion of methods for teaching statistics in secondary mathematics and science.

Meeting Place and Times

This course is taught online. Course participants login and participate at a time of day that is convenient for them. It is recommended that participants login at least 4 to 6 times per week and plan on spending as much as 20 hours per week for 7 weeks to successfully complete this 3 credit graduate course. This time estimate includes both the time teachers spend on-line connected to Desire2Learn participating in group discussions and other course activities, and the time spent off-line working on assignments, projects, and lab activities.

Instructor(s)

Phil Kaatz, PhD.

Prerequisites

Bachelor's degree
at least one year of math or science teaching experience
Preferred: a college level elementary statistics course or equivalent

Target Audience

High school or community college mathematics and science teachers.

Time Commitment:

15-20 hours per week. If you are unfamiliar with this field of study and/or method of delivery, you may require more time.

Tuition and Fees


	Tuition	$799.50
	Program Fee	$100.50
	Computer Fee	$10.05
	Total	$910.05

You are on your own to purchase the required text, software, and other equipment. See information below.

A $30 registration fee is also charged once per semester.

The costs above assume that you are taking only MSU Extended University courses during the semester that the course is offered. If you also registered for courses through the MSU Registrar, the regular MSU fee structure may apply.

A $40 late fee will be assessed if payment is not posted to your account by 3 pm (Mountain Time) of the course start date (or the business day before if the course starts on a weekend or a holiday).

To learn more about tuition and fees, please see the University Business Services' Student Accounts Web page.

Required Books/Materials

No textbook is required for this course.

Course materials will be available on the Desire2Learn course website.

This course requires the use of Tinkerplots software. Tinkerplots software can be download from McGraw Hill. A full non-expiring license costs $49.95 while a single-student one-year license can be purchased and downloaded for $7.95. Versions are available for either Windows or Mac OS.

Computer Requirements:

Computer running Windows XP Service Pack 3 or newer or Mac OS X.5 (Leopard) or higher
CD-ROM drive
Internet access

This course uses a learning management system. You will learn more closer to the course start date.

For More Information

contact Philip Kaatz at pgkaatz@yahoo.com

M 518-801: Statistics for Teachers