Presentations
I have assembled some presentations that I have given.
If you use them, please provide appropriate
credit and reference.
Educational Research and Evidence-based Education...One Path in a Maze of Opportunities, Bryn Mawr College, Education 220: Changing Pedagogies in Math and Science Education. November, 2011.
Proficiency-based Assessment and Reassessment of Learning Outcomes, NCTM, October 21, 2011.
Poll Everywhere talks at JMM 2011 and Villanova's Teaching and Learning Strategies 2011. This talk introduces the use of poll everywhere as a personal response system in the classroom.
Making Valid Inferences in Observational Studies Using Propensity Scores. Versions of this were given at Colloquia at Villanova University, St. Joe's, and Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (2009). Here is a version including my feeble attempts at statistical humor in predicting the Villanova Men's Basketball team's victory into the final four (Hey, it worked! What more evidence do you need?)
The Magic of Statistics...Revealed. Versions of this talk were given at Philadelphia Area Statistics Teachers' Alliance Meeting (2009) and US Conference on Teaching Statistics (2007 and 2009). Note, the magic tricks are not revealed in this version.
Proficiency-based Assessment and Reassessment of Learning Objectives (PARLO): An Evidence-based Research Experiment. Joint Statistical Meetings, 2008.
Proficiency-based Assessment and Reassessment of Learning Objectives: A Formative Assessment Experiment in an Introductory Statistics Classroom. Winner of Best Poster Award, Lilly-East Conference on College and University Teaching, April 17, 2008.
When are Propensity Scores Necessary? Joint Statistical Meetings. August 2007.
Secondary Data Analysis. Villanova College of Nursing. April 27, 2007.
Increased post-AMI mortality for people with previous MI. American Public Health Association, 2003.