Articles by Heather Barker
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Mathematics and Statistics faculty share innovative teaching at national statistics conference
July 30, 2025
Nine faculty members from Elon’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics attended and presented at the 11th United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS).
Data Analytics major Bunny Ingram ’27 attends SAS Innovate Conference in Orlando
May 22, 2025
This is the first time the Mathematics and Statistics Department has sent a student to this prestigious conference.
Heather Barker presents at International Conference in Valladolid, Mexico
March 25, 2025
Heather Barker, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics, presented at the International Consortium for Research in Science and Mathematics Education 17th Consultation held in Valladolid, Mexico from March 5 - 8, 2025.
Heather Barker travels to New Zealand to present at International Association of Statistics Education Roundtable
July 18, 2024
Heather Barker, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics, joined a small group of 40 statistics educators at the sixth IASE roundtable at the University of Auckland in New Zealand from July 2-5, 2024.
Heather Barker publishes paper on using topic modeling to identify motivations to enroll in online professional development
March 4, 2024
The paper by Barker, an assistant professor of mathematics and statistics, appeared in the Online Learning Journal and focused on using topic modeling, a type of computational text mining, to identify participant motivations in enrolling in an online professional development course for teaching statistics.
Mathematics and Statistics faculty present at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators National Conference
February 16, 2024
Heather Barker and Emily Elrod presented their current research at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Conference held in Orlando, Florida on February 8-10th.
Emily Elrod elected as the next president of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics
February 16, 2024
Emily Elrod, a lecturer in the mathematics and statistics department, was elected as president-elect for the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Mathematics, statistics faculty attend 10th United States Conference on Teaching Statistics
June 14, 2023
Six members of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics presented at the 10th United States Conference on Teaching Statistics at The Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania.
Heather Barker presents at the North Carolina Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges
April 7, 2023
Barker presented at NCMATYC on the use of a new tool in CODAP for statistics instructors as well as her current efforts on integrating social justice into her statistics courses.
Math education students attend North Carolina Council of Teaching Mathematics Conference
November 16, 2022
The conference is an opportunity for students to attend sessions, network and visit with exhibitors to see what current K-12 educators are doing in their classrooms across the state.