The 33rd Carnegie Symposium on Cognition
June 4-6, 2004 .."Thinking with Data"

Co-organizers: Marsha Lovett  (Carnegie Mellon University) & Priti Shah  (University of Michigan)

Schedule of Events

Friday June 4th
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  Reasoning about Uncertainty and Variation
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8:00
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8:30
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8:45
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9:45
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10:00
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11:00
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12:00
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1:30
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2:30
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3:30
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4:00
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5:00
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5:45
..		 ..Continental breakfast
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..Welcome and overview: Marsha Lovett & Priti Shah Symposium Organizers
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..Amy Masnick, David Klahr & Brad Morris,
..Hofstra University, Carnegie Mellon, & Grand Valley State University
..Separating signal from noise: Children's understanding of error
..and variability in experimental outcomes. .-ABSTRACT-
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..Break
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..Christian Schunn & Lelyn Saner, University of Pittsburgh
..Thinking about uncertain data:
..How scientists represent uncertainty in FMRI data. .-ABSTRACT-
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..Greg Trafton, Naval Research Laboratory
..Complex visualizations, spatial transformations, and uncertainty. . -ABSTRACT-
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..Lunch
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..Bob delMas & Yan Liu, University of Minnesota & Vanderbilt University
..Students' conceptual understanding of the standard deviation. .-ABSTRACT-
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..Joan Garfield, Bob delMas, & Beth Chance, University of Minnesota & Cal Poly
..Using studentsâ informal notions of variability to develop an
..understanding of formal measures of variability. .-ABSTRACT-
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..Break
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..Richard Lehrer & Leona Schauble, Vanderbilt University
..Contrasting emerging conceptions of distribution in contexts
..of error and natural variation. .-ABSTRACT-
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..Discussant: Gaea Leinhardt, University of Pittsburgh
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..Reception
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Saturday June 5th
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 Statistical Reasoning and Data Analysis
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8:00
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8:30
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10:30
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11:00
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12:00
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1:30
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2:30
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3:30
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4:00
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5:00
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..Kevin Dunbar, Dartmouth College
..Do naïve theories ever go away?. .-ABSTRACT-
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..Pat Thompson, Vanderbilt University
..Teachers' understanding of statistical inference. .-ABSTRACT-
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..Break
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..Joe Krajcik & Kate McNeill, University of Michigan
..Middle school students' use of evidence and reasoning
..in writing scientific explanations. .-ABSTRACT-
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..Lunch
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..Cliff Konold, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
..Designing a data analysis tool for learners. .-ABSTRACT-
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..Marsha Lovett & Norma Chang, Carnegie Mellon
..Data analysis skills: What and how are students learning?. .-ABSTRACT-
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..Break
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..Dan Schwartz, Jammie Chang, & Lee Martin, Stanford University
..Innovation and efficiency in educational research:
..An example from statistics instruction. .-ABSTRACT-
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..Discussant: Ken Koedinger, Carnegie Mellon
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Sunday June 6th
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 Learning from and Making Decisions with Data
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8:00
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8:30
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9:30
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10:30
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11:00
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12:00
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12:30
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1:15
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..		 ..Continental breakfast
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..David Danks, Carnegie Mellon
..Causal learning from observations and manipulations. .-ABSTRACT-
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..Peter Sedlmeier, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany
..Statistical reasoning: Valid intuitions put to use. .-ABSTRACT-
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..Break
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..Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Julie Downs & Baruch Fischhoff, Carnegie Mellon
..Adolescents' thinking about the risks and benefits of sexual behaviors. .-ABSTRACT-
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..Discussant: Priti Shah, University of Michigan
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..Final Commentary and General Discussion: Paul Velleman, Cornell University
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..Symposium adjourns
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..All symposium sessions will be held in the Giant Eagle Auditorium, Room A51 Baker Hall


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