Jennifer Kaplan Assistant Professor A443 Wells Hall Department of Statistics and Probability Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48823 Phone:(517) 432-2354 Fax:(517) 432-1405 Email: kaplan@stt.msu.edu

Education

• Ph.D. (2006) Mathematics, with specialization in Statistics Education, Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin
• M.A. (2001) Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin
• B.A. (1989) Mathematics, Mathematics Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Research Interests

• Undergraduate Learning of Statistics
• Curriculum Development for Statistics grades 6 - 16
• Quantitative Literacy and Reasoning

Research Activities

Publications and Conference Proceedings

• Kaplan, J.J., Fisher, D. & Rogness, N. (2010). Lexical Ambiguity in Statistics: How students use and define the words: association, average, confidence, random and spread. Journal of Statistics Education, 18(2), http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v18n2/kaplan.pdf
• Kaplan, J.J. & Thorpe, J. (2010). Post secondary and adult statistical literacy: Assessing beyond the classroom. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS-8). IASE, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Excellence Award for best refereed paper by an early career author at The 8th International Conference on Teaching Statistics: Highly Commended
• Kaplan, J.J. & Du, J. (2009). Question Format and Representations: Do Heuristics and Biases Apply to Statistics Students? Statistics Education Research Journal, 8 (2), 56 - 73. Available online: http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/serj
• Kaplan, J.J., Fisher, D. & Rogness, N. (2009). Lexical Ambiguity in Statistics: What do students know about the words: association, average, confidence, random and spread? Journal of Statistics Education, 17 (3). Available online: http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v17n3/kaplan.html
• Kaplan, J. J. (2009). Effect of Belief Bias on Undergraduate Students' Reasoning about Inference. Journal of Statistics Education, 17, (1). Available online: http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v17n1/kaplan.html
• Kaplan, J.J., Cervello, K., & Corcoran, E. (2009) Lesson Study as a Tool for Professional Development: A Case of Undergraduate Calculus. Proceedings of the 2009 Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. Available online: http://mathed.asu.edu/crume2009/Kaplan_LONG.pdf
• Otten, S., Park, J., Mosier, A. & Kaplan, J.J. (2009) Lesson Study as a Tool for Research: A Case of Undergraduate Calculus. Proceedings of the 2009 Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. Available online: http://mathed.asu.edu/crume2009/Otten_LONG.pdf
• Johnson, Y.N. and Kaplan, J.J. (2008) The Assessment of Quantitative Literacy at a Large Public Institution. Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. Available online: http://cresmet.asu.edu/crume2008/Proceedings/Proceedings.html
• Kaplan, J.J. and Urban-Lurain, M. (2008). Personal Response Systems in Statistics: Using clickers to foster active learning and address student misconceptions. Proceedings of the Inaugural Conference on Classroom Response Systems: Innovations and Best Practices.
• Hilton, S., Kaplan, J. Hooks, T., Harrell, L. Fisher, D. and Sorto, M. A. (2008) Collaborative projects in statistics education. In JSM Proceedings, Statistics Education Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
• Kaplan, J.J. (2008) i>clicker Pedagogy Case Study. Invited paper for the iclicker.com website. Available online: http://iclicker.com/dnn/Portals/0/Kaplan_Case_Study.pdf

Selected Presentations

• Post secondary and adult statistical literacy: Assessing beyond the classroom. The 8th International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS-8). Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 2010
  • Annotated Presentation Slides(.pdf version)
• What Do Students Hear When We Say 'Random'?: Empirical Results from a Study of Lexical Ambiguity. Contributed Paper, 2009 Joint Statistical Meetings (with Diane Fisher and Neal Rogness). Washington, DC, August 2009.
  • Presentation Slides(.pdf version)
  • Presentation Handout(.pdf version)
• Letting Go of Assumptions About How Students Understand Statistical Language. Invited Breakout Session, United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS) 2009. (with Diane Fisher, and Neal Rogness). Columbus, OH, June 2009.
  • Presentation Slides(.pdf version)
  • Presentation Handout(.pdf version)
• Promoting active learning in introduction to statistics using personal response systems (clickers). Invited presenter. Webinar, Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE). March 2009. Available online: http://www.causeweb.org/webinar/teaching/2009-03/
• Lesson Study in Undergraduate Calculus: What Can We Learn About Teachers and Teaching from Lesson Study? 2009 Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. (with Ed Corcoran and Kim Cervello). Raleigh, NC, February 2009
• Lesson Study in Undergraduate Calculus: What Can We Learn about Mathematical and Classroom Discourse from Lesson Study? 2009 Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. (with Sam Otten, Junguen Park and Aaron Mosier). Raleigh, NC, February 2009
• Personal Response Systems in Statistics: Using clickers to foster active learning and address student understanding of statistical inference. The Inaugural Conference on Classroom Response Systems: Innovations and Best Practices. (with Mark Urban-Lurain). University of Louisville, Louiville, KY, November 2008
• Collaborative Projects in Statistics Education Research. 2008 Joint Statistical Meetings. (with Robert delMas, Sterling Hilton, Tisha Hooks, Leigh Harrell, Diane Fisher). Denver CO, August 2008
• The Assessment of Quantitative Literacy at a Large Public Institution. 2008 Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. (with Nicole Johnson). San Diego, CA, February 2008

Teaching

• STT 200 Introductory Statistical Methods
  • Fall 2006
  • Fall 2007
  • Fall 2008
• STT 290 Data, Probability and Statistics for K-8 Teachers
  • Spring 2008
  • Spring 2009
• SME 600 Special Problems for K-8 Teachers - Topic: Data Analysis and Probability
  • Summer 2009
• SME 879 Teaching College Mathematics
  • Fall 2008
• SME 954 Design and Methods for Mathematics Education Research
  • Fall 2009