USCOTS 2023 SCORE Breakout Session

SCORE network logo

09:30 Welcome

09:35 Score (with Data) Network Overview

  • Goal: Create a national network for developing and disseminating Sports Content for Outreach, Research, and Education in data science and statistics.

  • Description: This four-year collaborative effort will create a network of educators and 50+ partners from sports teams and industry experts across the country to develop authentic curricular modules to introduce data science and statistics topics via sports applications.

  • Funding Acknowledgement: NSF Award #2142705. Building a sustainable national network for developing and disseminating Sports Content for Outreach, Research, and Education in data science.

  • Team: The 2023 Roster

  • SCORE homepage

    • Main page to get access to modules, submit your own, and contact the team.
    • Data Github repository
      • Curates interesting datasets across a variety of sports for use in statistics and data science education. Includes:

  • Social Media

09:45 Example SCORE modules

  • Module Overview

    • Required Elements
      • Motivating sports question(s)
      • Data (with documentation)
      • Statistics/Data Science learning goals
      • Methods/topics needed to address the question(s)
      • Activities/Exercises/Assessments
      • Wrap-up
    • Optional Elements
      • Motivating video
      • ISLE activity
      • Sample (editable) activity handouts
      • Background material on stat/data science topics
      • Sample assessment items
      • Instructor notes and/or solutions

  • Details available in the Module Author Handbook

  • Ironman module

    • Module is available on ISLE
    • Break into small groups and work through handout
    • A few things to consider while working on it
      • How would you use this with your students?
      • What other info would you like as part of the module?
      • What would you modify to fit your teaching style?
    • Regroup to discuss

  • Other modules: Break into groups based on interest

10:30 Joining the Network as a contributor

  • Coaches are members of the SCORE Network who have extensive experience developing and review modules and can shephard creators through the process of going from ideal to module.
  • Involving students
    • St. Lawrence University approach
      • 0.25 unit course: approximately 2 - 4 students per faculty member, 1 - 2 hour load per week (for students)
      • Use GitHub to store “in progress” (but usable) modules until they are ready to be submitted.
      • Summer research students to polish existing and create new content.

10:40 Wrap-up