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Jennifer Kaplan

Assistant Professor

  • 250 Statistics Building
  • Athens, GA
  • Voice: 706-542-5580
  • Fax: 706-542-3391

Curriculum Vitae

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

Publications

Kaplan, J. J. (Submitted).  Clicker Simulation Activities: Promoting Student Conceptual Understanding in Large Lectures. Technology Innovations in Statistics Education.
Burrill, G., Kaplan J. J., Melfi V., Mosier A., & Hu S. (Submitted).  A reasoning processes framework for use in evidence centered design in statistics education. Journal of Statistics Education.
Kaplan, J. J., Rogness N., & Fisher D. (In Press).  Addressing the Lexical Ambiguity Associated with Random. Statistics Education Research Journal.
Kaplan, J. J., Rogness N., & Fisher D. (2011).  Lexical ambiguity: Making a case against spread. Teaching Statistics.
Sikorskii, A., Melfi V., Gilliland D., Kaplan J., & Ahn S. (2011).  Quantitative Literacy Scales: Development and Use with Undergraduate Students. Numeracy. 4(2), 
Haudek, K. C., Kaplan J. J., Knight J., Long T., Merrill J., Munn A., et al. (2011).  Harnessing Technology to Improve Formative Assessment of Student Conceptions in STEM: Forging a National Network. CBE – Life Sciences Education. 10(2), 149 – 155.
http://www.lifescied.org/cgi/reprint/10/2/149
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., & Otten S. (2010).  Optimization: Old dogs and new tasks. Mathematics Teacher.
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.
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), 
http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v17n3/kaplan.html
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