Matthew Beckman
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Matthew Beckman

Google Scholar ID: D-T5C1oAAAAJ
Penn State University
statistics educationdata science educationassessment
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Concept-based Rubrics Improve LLM Formative Assessment and Data Synthesis
2025
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Academic Achievements
  • 2025 Waller Education Award; 2025 NZSA Visiting Lecturer; Chair of the local organizing committee for the 14th International Research Forum on Statistical Thinking, Reasoning, and Literacy (SRTL-14); Topic Chair for Program Committee of the 12th International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS-12); PI for NSF:IUSE Project CLASSIFIES.
Research Experience
  • Leads a Statistics & Data Science Education Research Lab at Penn State (jointly with Neil Hatfield) and is Executive Director of the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE).
Education
  • PhD in Statistics Education from the University of Minnesota (advisors: Joan Garfield & Robert delMas); MS in Statistics from the University of Minnesota (advisor: Douglas Hawkins).
Background
  • Research interests: Statistics and Data Science Education, particularly with respect to assessment development and practice. Worked as a Statistician in the medical device industry for 8 years before academia.
Miscellany
  • Personal interests not mentioned