ICOTS 6 2002

Cape Town, South Africa

IASE Executive
IPC and Keynote speakers
Statistics Literacy Forum

Plenaries

• PREPARING FOR DIVERSITY IN STATISTICS LITERACY: INSTITUTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS : Scott Murray, Iddo Gal
• DOING RESEARCH IN STATISTICS EDUCATION: MORE THAN JUST DATA : Jane M Watson
• TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT: COMPLEMENTARY OR CONFLICTING CATEGORIES FOR SCHOOL STATISTICS : Peter Holmes
• 1982-2002: FROM THE PAST TOWARDS THE FUTURE : Maria Gabriella Ottaviani

Statistics Literacy

Frameworks and Studies in Statistics Literacy

• THREE KINDS OF STATISTICAL LITERACY: WHAT SHOULD WE TEACH? : Milo Schield
• PROFILE FOR STATISTICAL UNDERSTANDING : Chris Reading

Statistics for the Citizen

• EXPERIENCE OF DEALING WITH THE MEDIA ON CONGENITAL ANOMALY RESEARCH : Beverley Botting, David Stone
• WHAT EDUCATED CITIZENS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY : Jessica Utts
• PROMOTING STATISTICS THINKING AMONGST SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE NATIONAL CONTEXT : Philip J. Boland
• DNA “FINGERPRINTS” AND THEIR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS IN HUMAN POPULATIONS : A.Marie Phillips
• TOWARD A STATISTICALLY LITERATE CITIZENRY: WHAT STATISTICS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW : Jerry L. Moreno

Statistics Education at the School Level

Innovative Ideas for Teaching Statistics in Elementary School

• Statistics Education at the School Level: CAN GRADE 3 STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT VARIATION? : Jane M. Watson, Ben A. Kelly
• DEVELOPING INSTRUCTIONAL CONJECTURES ABOUT HOW TO SUPPORT STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARITHMETIC MEAN AS A RATIO : José Luis Cortina
• EXPLORING IN SAMPLE SPACE: DEVELOPING YOUNG CHILDREN'S KNOWLEDGE OF RANDOMNESS : Efthymia Paparistodemou, Richard Noss, Dave Pratt

Innovative Ideas for Teaching Statistics in Secondary School

• WIZARDRY OR PEDAGOGY?: WHAT IS THE DRIVING FORCE IN THE USE OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING STATISTICS : James Nicholson, Gerry Mulhern, Neville Hunt
• DATA DRIVEN ACTIVITIES: TEACHING STATISTICS THROUGH MATHEMATICS : Jeffrey A. Witmer
• TEACHING STATISTICS FOR CRITICAL THINKING : Hanan Innabi

Research on Teaching Statistics at School Level

• TEACHERS' CONCEPTIONS AND CONSTRUCTIONS OF PEDAGOGICAL REPRESENTATIONS IN TEACHING ARITHMETIC AVERAGE : Jinfa Cai and Christine Carrino Gorowara
• CONCEPT MAPPING FOR THE TEACHING OF STATISTICS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS: RESULTS OF A CLASS EXPERIMENT IN ITALY : Silio Rigatti Luchini, Maria Pia Perelli D'Argenzio, Gianfranco Moncecchi
• SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS' SENSE MAKING OF DATA AND DATA REPRESENTATIONS : Dani Ben-Zvi

Innovative statistics Curriculum Development and research Projects at the School Level

• CENSUSATSCHOOL 2000: CREATION TO COLLATION TO CLASSROOM : Doreen Connor
• STATISTICS AT FOUNDATION SCHOOL LEVEL IN SOUTH AFRICA THE WAY FORWARD : Delia North, Maria Gabriella Ottaviani
• THE EFFECTS OF SOME TEACHING TECHNIQUES ON LEARNING STATISTICS : Gianfranco Galmacci, Anna Maria Milito
• HOW FAR CAN WE GO IN THE STATISTICS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL TO REACH SUCCESSFULLY THE OBJECTIVE? : Annie Morin
• EMERGENT MODELING AS THE BASIS FOR AN INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCE ON DATA ANALYSIS : Koeno Gravemeijer
• SOME LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTS IN STATISTICS : Peter Holmes

Sociocultural Aspects of the Learning of Statistics at the School Level

• LEARNING, IDENTITY, AND STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS : Paul Cobb and Lynn Hodge
• SHARING IDEAS AND STATISTICS LEARNING: THE ROLE OF PEER INTERACTIONS IN SCHOOL CONTEXT : Carolina Carvalho & Margarida César
• PROBLEMATISING STATISTICAL MEANINGS: A SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE : Celia Hoyles & Richard Noss

Statistics Education at the Post Secondary Level

Statistics as a Service Subject in First Level Courses

• STATISTICAL CONSULTING WITH UNDERGRADUATES - A COMMUNITY OUTREACH APPROACH : Brian Jersky
• ELEMENTARY STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL LAB COMPONENT : Robert A. Leslie
• COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING: MOTIVATING ENCOUNTERS WITH REAL-WORLD STATISTICS : Trisha Thorme, Rob Root
• ENRICHING INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS COURSES THROUGH COMMUNITY AWARENESS : Jon E. Anderson, Engin A. Sungur

Statistics as a Service Subject in Second Level Courses: Teaching Regression Models

• INTERPRETATION OF REGRESSION OUTPUT: DIAGNOSTICS, GRAPHS AND THE BOTTOM LINE : Wesley Johnson and Mitchell Watnikk
• UNDERSTANDING THE SIGN OF A CORRELATION COEFFICIENT: AN EXAMPLE : Sudhakar Kunte
• ACCESSIBLE METHODOLOGIES FOR ESTIMATING DENSITY FUNCTIONS : Serge B. Provost
• ADVANCED TOPICS FOR A FIRST SERVICE COURSE IN STATISTICS : K. L. Weldon

Statistics for Future Statisticians

• MEETING THE PERCEIVED NEEDS OF STATISTICAL EDUCATION WITH AVAILABLE TEACHING STAFF AND RESOURCES : Ann-Lee Wang

Statistics and Research Designs: An Integrated Approach

• EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN A STATISTICAL CONCEPTS COURSE : Alice M. Richardson
• IMPROVMENT OF TEACHING AND USE OF STATISTICS IN AFRICA'S SUBSAHARIAN COUNTRIES: THE EXAMPLE OF BENIN : Félicien Donat Edgar Towènan Accrombessy
• STATISTICS MADE ALIVE : Parin Kurji

Statistics Learning with Cases/Projects

• CASE STUDIES IN THE MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS COURSE : Deborah Nolan
• STATISTICAL INVESTIGATIONS - DRAWING IT ALL TOGETHER : Flavia Jolliffe
• SURVEY SAMPLING: LEARNING BY DOING. A TWENTY YEARS GRADUATE LEVEL TEACHING EXPERIENCE : Jean-Hugues Chauchat
• PROJECTS FOR ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATES : Margaret Mackisack and Peter Petocz

Bayesian Statistics

• TEACHING INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS FROM A BAYESIAN PERSPECTIVE : James Albert
• TEACHING BAYESIAN STATISTICS TO UNDERGRADUATES:WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, AND HOW : W. M. Bolstad
• IMPROVING STATISTICAL REASONING BY USING THE RIGHT REPRESENTATIONAL FORMAT : Peter Sedlmeier

Nonparametric Methods

• THE TEACHING AND PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NON-PARAMETRIC BOOTSTRAP : Cornelia J. Swanepoel
• A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO NONPARAMETRIC CURVE ESTIMATION : Ricardo Cao
• VISUAL BASIC APPLICATIONS AND SPREADSHEET FOR TEACHING ESTIMATION OF NONPARAMETRIC DENSITY AND REGRESSION FUNCTIONS : Federico Palacios-Gonzalez
• TESTS FOR INTERACTION IN A TWO-WAY LAYOUT: SHOULD THEY BE INCLUDED IN A NONPARAMETRICS COURSE? : Thomas P. Hettmansperger and Ryan Elmore

Teaching Consultancy Skills to Statisticians

• TEACHING CONSULTANCY THROUGH DIRECT EXPERIENCE IN RESEARCH: THE APPROACH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOSTATISTICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL : Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, M. Lourdes Amarillo, Suresh Ughade, M. Nelcy Rodríguez, Julio M. Singer, Sergio R. Muñoz-Navarro, Chulaluk Komoltri, J. Francisco Cumsille-Garib
• STATISTICAL CONSULTANCY IN A SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITY: USING A RESEARCH RESOURCE CENTRE TO EMPOWER SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCHERS : Andile Mji and Michael Glencross

Statistics for Future Teachers

• A STATISTICS COURSE FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS : Gary Kader and Mike Perry
• A DATA-ORIENTED, ACTIVE LEARNING, POST-CALCULUS INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL CONCEPTS, METHODS, AND THEORY : Allan J. Rossman and Beth L. Chance,
• USING ICT AND WEB-BASED MATERIALS FOR LEARNING & TEACHING AND DATA HANDLING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM IN SCHOOLS : Neville Davies, Ian Roberts, Trevor Cole
• LEARNING TO TEACH STATISTICS THROUGH PROJECT WORK : Renuka Vithal

Statistics for Future Health Care Professionals

• MAKING STATISTICS RELEVANT FOR UNDERGRADUATE NURSES : Peter Martin, Robyn Pierce and Jason Giri
• FROM TESTING TO DECISION MAKING: CHANGING HOW WE TEACH STATISTICS TO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS : Dalene Stangl
• USAGE OF MEDICAL JOURNAL ARTICLES IN BIOSTATISTICAL TRAINING FOR RESIDENTS : Reena Deutsch

Sampling for Surveys

• USE OF MINI-PROJECTS IN THE TEACHING OF SURVEY SAMPLING : Lynne Stokes
• THE JOINT PROGRAM IN SURVEY METHODOLOGY: A GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP FOR AN ACADEMIC PROGRAM : Cynthia Clark
• TEACHING MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS TO ECOLOGISTS AND THE DESIGN OF ECOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS TO STATISTICIANS: LESSONS FROM BOTH SIDES : Marti J. Anderson
• HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODELS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF LONGITUDINAL DATA WITH APPLICATIONS FROM HIV/AIDS PROGRAM EVALUATION : Ann A. O'Connell
• DATA MINING: SHOULD IT BE INCLUDED IN THE 'STATISTICS' CURRICULUM? : Siva Ganesh

Hypothesis Testing

• HYPOTHESIS TESTING IN PSYCHOLOGY: THROWING THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER? : Michael Granaas
• STATISTACY: VOCABULARY AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING : Alan McLean
• HYPOTHESIS TESTS, CONFIDENCE INTERVALS AND COMMON SENSE : Timothy E. O'Brien
• HOW SIGNIFICANCE TESTS SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO AVOID THE TYPICAL MISINTERPRETATIONS : Stefan Krauss and Christoph Wassner

Teaching Categorical data Analysis

• TEACHING STATISTICIANS AND APPLIED RESEARCHERS STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM RATING SCALES. EXPERIENCES FROM JOINT RESEARCH COURSES IN RATING SCALE DATA ANALYSIS : Elisabeth Svensson

Statistics Education/Training and the Workplace

Making Statistical Consulting and Technical Co-operation More Effective

• TRAINING OF AFRICAN STATISTICIANS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL FOR STATISTICS AND APPLIED ECONOMICS (ENSEA) IN ABIDJAN : Koffi N'Guessan
• A PROGRAM OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION FOR TRAINING OFFICIAL STATISTICIANS OF LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES : Carmen Arribas

The Role of National and International Statistics Organisations in Improving Statistical Knowledge in the Workplace

• THE ROLE OF EUROSTAT IN THE EXCHANGE OF STATISTICAL KNOWLEDGE BETWEEN STATISTICAL OFFICES AND CENTRAL BANKS:THE CMFB EXPERIENCE : Bart Meganck
• THE ROLE OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION IN STATISTICS EDUCATION : Madhuri S. Mulekar, Madge Haven

Training of Official Statisticians

• A NEW QUALIFICATION FOR STATISTICAL CLERKS IN NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICES : Bradley Payne, Peter Holmes and Neville Davies
• THE TRAINING OF OFFICIAL STATISTICIANS: CHALLENGES AND EXPERIENCES : Pilar Martín-Guzmán
• TEACHING OF THE SYSTEM OF NATIONAL ACCOUNTS - THE UKRAINIAN EXPERIENCE : Ruslan Motoryn

Distance Learning

• STATISTICAL EDUCATION AND THE WORKPLACE: PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES : Lea Bregar, Irena Ograjenšek and Mojca Bavdaž Kveder
• FROM ONLINE LEARNER TO ONLINE TEACHER : Sharon Copeland-Smith
• EXPERIENCING STATISTICS AT A DISTANCE : W. Robert Stephenson
• JUST-IN-TIME NETWORK-BASED STATISTICAL LEARNING: TOOLS DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION : Lea Vermeire, An Carbonez, Paul Darius, Jill Fresen

Using Official Statistics in Teaching

• THE ITALIAN CENSUS AT SCHOOL : Cristiana Conti, Enzo Lombardo
• MAKING CENSUS COUNT IN THE CLASSROOM : Lesley Hooper
• THE USE OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS IN TEACHING UNIVERSITY GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS IN ITALY : Enrica Aureli and Riccardo Russo
• TEACHING OFFICIAL STATISTICS IN AN IRISH UNIVERSITY STATISTICS DEPARTMENT : Patrick Murphy
• DEVELOPMENT OF CUSTOMER ORIENTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AT STATISTICS FINLAND : Reija Helenius

Statistical Training and Education of Lawyers, Judges, Doctors, Researchers and other Professionals

• TEACHING STATISTICS TO MEDICAL DOCTORS THROUGH RESEARCH METHODS: A CASE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH IN IRAN : Abbas Bazargan
• CRAMMING FOR COURT: TEACHING STATISTICS TO LITIGATORS : Mary W. Gray
• STATISTICAL TRAINING FOR DOCTORS IN THE UK : Michael J Campbell

Preparation and Training of Workers in the 21st Century

• STATISTICS - DRIVING SUCCESS OR BLOCKING THE ROAD? : Stephen A. Zayac
• STATISTICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR WORKERS OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS: OBJECTIVES, ISSUES, STRATEGIES : Luigi Biggeri, Alberto Zuliani
• PREPARING WORKERS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: THE IMPORTANCE OF STATISTICAL COMPETENCIES : Beverley Carlson
• WOULD YOU ALLOW YOUR ACCOUNTANT TO PERFORM SURGERY? IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION OF PRIMARY TEACHERS : Lionel Pereira-Mendoza

Educating managers, Executives, Politicians, Government Officials and Other Decision Makers

• USING STATISTICS AS A TOOL IN POLITICAL RESEARCH. THE CASE OF ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR : Theodore Chadjipadelis
• STATISTICS EDUCATION FOR FUTURE MANAGERS: NEEDS, OBSTACLES, POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS : Corinne Hahn, ESCP-EAP and NEGOCIA
• INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DECISION MAKERS: NEW TOOLS TO IMPROVE THE OECD COMMUNICATION POLICY : Enrico Giovannini

Statistical Training and Education in Environmental Settings

• FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE IN A UNIVERSITY SERVICE COURSE ON BIOSTATISTICS: AN UPDATE : John A. Harraway
• ROLE OF STATISTICS IN THE EDUCATION OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE STUDENTS : Katarina Cobanovic

Practical Training in the Workplace for tertiary and Postgraduate Students

• STATISTICS EDUCATION AND BULGARIAN MANAGEMENT TRAINING INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT : Nadezhda Tsankova
• TRAINING INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS : Gerald W. McLaughlin, Josetta S. McLaughlin
• PROMOTING STATISTICS LITERACY: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE TRAINING OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS : Linda Hewitt
• TRAINING INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS: TEACHING A STATISTICS COURSE IN SIX HOURS OR FEWER, THE ART OF TEACHING : Mary Ann Coughlin
• INTRIGUING FACETS OF INSTITUTION RESEARCH : P. J. Vermeulen

Statistics Education and the Wider Society

Relationships with mathematics Education

• A NARRATED CONCEPT MAP FOR STATISTICS : Michael Bulmer
• ACTIVITY-BASED STATISTICS, COMPUTER SIMULATION AND FORMAL MATHEMATICS : Joachim Engel
• MODELING WITH MATRICES: A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH : Jerry L. Moreno

Statistics Education - A Discipline in Itself or in Contexts

• STATISTICAL THINKING FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT : J A John, D G Johnson
• ISI IN THE POSTWAR PERIOD - PLANTING THE SEEDS OF STATISTICAL EDUCATION : Daniel Berze

Statistics Education in and for the Economic World of Business and Government Policy Making

• STATISTICAL AGENCIES' DUTIES TO THEIR CLIENTS: WHO TEACHES, WHO LEARNS? : Richard Madden
• A REVIEW OF THE LESSONS LEARNED AT THE CONFERENCES ON MAKING STATISTICS MORE EFFECTIVE IN SCHOOLS AND BUSINESS : Jonathan D. Cryer
• CPD FOR THE BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT SECTORS: IMPLICATIONS OF THE RSS CPD IMPLEMENTATION STUDY : Gerald W. Goodall, Derek J. Pike

Statistics Education and the Statistical Profession

• PROMOTING STATISTICAL LITERACY: A SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE : Pali Lehohla
• THE IASE - BACKGROUND, ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE : Brian Phillips
• THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY AND STATISTICAL EDUCATION : Neville Hunt, Flavia Jolliffe, Neville Davies
• THE PROFESSIONAL STATISTICIAN: A POLICY FOR CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT : Derek J. Pike

Statistics Education and the Engineering World

• “WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH US?” TEACHING STATISTICS TO ENGINEERS : Richard J. Wilson
• PROVIDING “REAL” CONTEXT IN STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL COURSES FOR ENGINEERS : Stephen B. Vardeman
• SIMPLIFYING CONSULTING PROBLEMS FOR USE IN INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS LECTURES : Neil T. Diamond and Ewa M. Sztendur

Statistics Education and the World of Information Technology

• PENETRATION OF STATISTICS EDUCATION BY INTERACTIVE MATERIALS WITH COMPUTER NETWORK : Naoko Sakurai, Michiko Watanabe, Katsuyuki Suenaga, Hiroshi Yadohisa, Akinobu Takeuchi, Kazunori Yamaguchi and Chooichiro Asano
• WEB RESOURCES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING STATISTICS : Ewan Crawford And Adrian Bowman
• TEACHING STATISTICS USING TECHNOLOGY : Sohair M. F. Higazi

Statistics Education and the World of Life and Health Sciences

• AN INTERROGATION TOOL FOR DATA FROM A SURVEY OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND HEALTHCARE SALES FORCES : Bradley Payne, Nick Merryfield, David Griffiths
• TEACHING STATISTICAL METHODS FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES IN THE POST-GENOMIC ERA : Nibia Aires, Dag Thelle
• EDUCATING STATISTICIANS FOR WORK IN EPIDEMIOLOGY: CAN WE FIND THE CORRECT BALANCE BETWEEN GENERAL STATISTICAL ABILITY AND PARTICULAR SKILLS : Ivar Heuch

Including Social Issues in the Teaching of Statistics

• THE GETTING OF WISDOM: EDUCATING STATISTICIANS TO ENHANCE THEIR CLIENTS' NUMERACY : Eric R. Sowey
• DOES STATISTICAL EDUCATION INCLUDE SOCIAL ISSUES? : Jacky Galpin

Research in Statistics Education

Developing Statistics Education Research

• CREATING COGNITIVE CONFLICT IN A CONTROLLED RESEARCH SETTING: SAMPLING : Jane M. Watson
• STUDENTS' INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE STATISTICAL THINKING : Graham A. Jones, Edward S. Mooney, Cynthia W. Langrall and Carol A. Thornton
• ASSESSING AND TRACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF BASOTHO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS' GROWTH IN PROBABILISTIC THINKING : M. V. Polaki
• FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHER KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT PROBABILITY : Tova Kvatinsky, Ruhama Even
• STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF VARIABILITY IN A PROBABILITY ENVIRONMENT : Michael Shaughnessy and Matthew Ciancetta

Theoretical Models of Statistical Knowledge, Thinking, Reasoning and Learning

• STUDYING THE MEDIAN: A FRAMEWORK TO ANALYSE INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESSES IN STATISTICS EDUCATION : Juan D. Godino
• STATISTICAL THINKING MODELS : Maxine Pfannkuch and Chris Wild
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FRAMEWORK CHARACTERIZING MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS' STATISTICAL THINKING : Cynthia W. Langrall and Edward S. Mooney
• HOW STUDENTS EXPERIENCE LEARNING STATISTICS AND TEACHING : Peter Petocz, Anna Reid

Technology and Research in Teaching and Learning Statistics

• THE ROLE OF COMPUTER BASED TECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPT OF SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION : Kay Lipson
• INTRODUCING THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION IN A DATA ANALYSIS COURSE: SPECIFIC MEANING CONTRIBUTED BY THE USE OF COMPUTERS : Liliana Tauber, Victoria Sánchez
• THE STATISTICAL RE-EDUCATION OF PSYCHOLOGY : Geoff Cumming and Fiona Fidler, Neil Thomason
• COMPARISON OF MULTIMEDIA EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS USED IN AN INTRODUCTORY STATISTICAL METHODS COURSE : J. Richard Alldredge and Nicholas A. Som

Studies of Assessment in Statistics Education

• ADDRESSING COGNITIVE AND SITUATIONAL COMPLEXITY IN THE INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT OF STATISTICAL REASONING : Sharon J. Derry, Joel R. Levin, Rand J. Spiro
• FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENT DECISION-MAKING ON STATISTICS PROJECTS : Nancy C. Lavigne and Susanne P. Lajoie
• STATISTICS ASSESSMENT IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONTEXTS : Susanne P. Lajoie and Andrew Chiarella
• ON-LINE ASSESSMENT OF HIGHER-ORDER THINKING SKILLS: A JAVA-BASED EXTENSION TO CLOSED-FORM TESTING : David A. Thomas, Giray Ökten, and Paul Buis

Teacher Training, Conceptions and Beliefs

• PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: A RESEARCH OF TEACHERS' TRAINING : Celi Aparecida Espasandin Lopes, Anna Regina Lanner de Moura
• TEACHERS' BELIEFS ABOUT USEFULNESS OF SIMULATION WITH THE EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE FATHOM FOR DEVELOPING PROBABILITY CONCEPTS IN STATISTICS CLASSROOM : Ernesto Sánchez Sánchez
• TEACHER'S TRAINING IN A STATISTICS TEACHING EXPERIMENT : Linda Gattuso, Maria A. Pannone
• INVESTIGATING THE 'DATA SENSE' OF PRESERVICE TEACHERS : Tim Burgess

Research into Teaching and Learning Statistics at Tertiary Levels

• MODELLING STUDENTS' LEARNING OF INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS : Dirk Tempelaar
• CHOOSING TO STUDY INDEPENDENTLY - WHEN IS IT A BAD IDEA? : Glenda Francis
• EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF MULTIMEDIA LECTURES ON STUDENT LEARNING AND ATTITUDES : Sterling C. Hilton, Howard B. Christensen
• INVESTIGATING PATTERNS OF INTERVIEW CONVERSATIONS AMONG LECTURERS IN THE MALAYSIAN INSTITUTES OF HIGHER LEARNING ON THE TEACHING OF STATISTICS AT THE INTRODUCTORY LEVEL : Zamalia Mahmud, Rosli Abdul Rahim

Research into Teaching and Learning probability

• INTRODUCING THE STUDY OF RANDOM SITUATIONS AND THEIR MODEL BUILDING PROCESS TO 14-15 YEARS OLD STUDENTS : Cileda de Queiroz e Silva Coutinho
• TEACHING PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS TO 10 YEARS OLD CHILDREN : Marie Berrondo-Agrell
• ON THE USE OF PARADOXES IN THE TEACHING OF PROBABILITY : Talma Leviatan
• MISCONCEPTIONS IN PROBABILITY : Li Jun, Lionel Pereira-Mendoza

Round Table Discussion: Major problems and Directions in Statistics Education Research

• TRAINING FUTURE RESEARCHERS IN STATISTICS EDUCATION: REFLECTIONS FROM THE SPANISH EXPERIENCE : Carmen Batanero, Juan D. Godino

Technology in Statistics Education

Java-Based instructional packages

• JAVA APPLETS AND MULTIMEDIA CATALOGUES FOR STATISTICS EDUCATION : Hans-Joachim Mittag
• APPLETS FOR EXPERIMENTING WITH STATISTICAL CONCEPTS : P. Darius, S. Michiels, B. Raeymaekers
• INTERACTIVE CONTENT IN WEB PAGES TO TEACH STATISTICS : W. Douglas Stirling

Computer Based Demonstrations of Statistical Phnenomena

• COMPUTER MODULES FOR TEACHING STATISTICAL CONCEPTS : Mervyn Marasinghe
• TEACHING STATISTICAL CONCEPTS WITH SIMULATED DATA : Andrej Blejec
• HANDS-ON SURVEY RESEARCH IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT : Peter Theuns and Walentina Cools

Using Technology for Statistics Education in Engineering

• TECHNOLOGY, STATISTICAL THINKING AND ENGINEERING STUDENTS : H. L. MacGillivray
• TEACHING EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN TO ENGINEERS: SOME EXPERIENCES AND ADVICE : Douglas C. Montgomery

Using Graphics Calculators in Statistics Education

• SIMULATION AS A TOOL TO DEVELOP STATISTICAL UNDERSTANDING : Gail Burrill
• SIMULATING EXPERIMENTS WITH THE GRAPHIC CALCULATOR TI83PLUS : Guido Herweyers

Statistics Education and the Internet

• ST@TNET, AN INTERNET BASED SOFTWARE FOR TEACHING INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS : Gilbert Saporta
• NEWS - GROUPS AND TEACHING STATISTICS. ARE THEY USEFUL? : Jenny Pange
• A PERSONAL JOURNEY TOWARD A VIRTUAL INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS COURSE: NOT (QUITE) READY FOR PRIME TIME : Joseph M. Wisenbaker

Research-Based Design And The Use Of Software For Teaching Statistical Concepts

• ROUTE-TYPE AND LANDSCAPE-TYPE SOFTWARE FOR LEARNING STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS : Arthur Bakker
• TECHNOLOGY, STATISTICS, AND SUBTLETIES OF MEASUREMENT: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS : Tim Erickson
• THE FATHOM EXPERIENCE-IS RESEARCH-BASED DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMERCIAL STATISTICS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT POSSIBLE? : William Finzer
• ALTERNATIVES TO SCATTERPLOTS : Clifford Konold
• INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATIONS OF STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIPS: WHAT DO WE GAIN? : Andee Rubin

Software Tools Designed for Statistics Education

• USING EXCEL TO TEACH STATISTICS IN NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS : Owen Giles, Siva Ganesh
• A DATA ANALYSIS TOOL THAT ORGANIZES ANALYSIS BY VARIABLE TYPES : Rodney Carr
• USING FATHOM TO PROMOTE INTERACTIVE EXPLORATIONS OF STATISTICAL CONCEPTS : Robin H. Lock
• LIVE FIGURES: INTERACTIVE DIAGRAMS FOR STATISTICAL UNDERSTANDING : Geoff Cumming

Other Determinants and Developments in Statistics Education

Learning Factors in Statistics Education

• THE ISSUE OF MOTIVATION AND EXPECTATION IN THE INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS - OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITIES : Carl Lee, Maria Meletiou, Howard K Wachtel, Aklilu Zeleke
• TEACHING STATISTICS USING SHORT STORIES: REDUCING ANXIETY AND CHANGING ATTITUDES : Livia D'Andrea and Charley Waters
• EXAMINING THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN CONSTRUCTIVISM AND DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES : Jacqueline B. Miller
• INFLUENCE OF ATTITUDE TOWARDS STATISTICS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL ABILITY IN THE SUBJECT QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES AT THE VAAL TRIANGLE TECHNIKON, SOUTH AFRICA : Verena Nolan

Data Analysis and Statistical Learning

• SUPPORTING TEACHERS' UNDERSATNDING OF STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS: LEARNING TRAJECTORIES AS TOOLS FOR CHANGE : Kay McClain
• STUDENTS' USE OF MODAL CLUMPS TO SUMMARIZE DATA : Clifford Konold, Amy Robinson, Khalimahtul Khalil, Alexander Pollatsek, Arnold Well, Rachel Wing, and Susanne Mayr
• DISTRIBUTION: A RESOURCE FOR UNDERSTANDING ERROR AND NATURAL VARIATION : Rich Lehrer and Leona Schauble

Projects and Poster Competitions in Statistics Education

• THE BENEFITS OF FITTING THE STATISTICAL POSTER COMPETITION INTO THE CURRICULUM : Linda M. Quinn
• FINAL YEAR BUSINESS STUDENTS EXPERIENCES OF DATA ANALYSIS IN PROJECTS : Loi Soh Loi
• DATA ANALYSIS TALENT AWARD: A GIANT LEAP! : Saleha Naghmi Habibullah
• PEDAGOGIC ISSUES REQUIRED FOR SUCCESSFUL STATISTICAL PROJECT COMPETITIONS : Susan Starkings

The Mass Media and Statistics

• STATISTICAL LITERACY AND THE MEDIA : W. Martin Podehl

Teaching Statistics to Second-Language Students

• STATISTICS TEACHING ENHANCED BY TEAMWORK - A MULTICULTURAL EXPERIENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA : Rénette J. Blignaut and I.M. Venter

An International Perspective on Statistics Education

Statistics Education in African Countries

• AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH FOR TEACHING STATISTICS IN THE EGYPTIAN SCHOOLS : Reda Mosad El-Said Asar
• TEACHING OF STATISTICS IN KENYA : John W. Odhiambo
• TEACHING STATISTICS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL. AN OVERVIEW: FROM THE CURRICULUM TO REALITY : Elena T. Fernández de Carrera
• STOCHASTIC EDUCATION IN THE IBERO-AMERICAN COUNTRIES : Antonio Estepa
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATISTICS IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE ARGENTINE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM : Teresita E. Terán
• STATISTICS EDUCATION IN HONG KONG : Louisa Lam
• TEACHING STATISTICS IN MANAGEMENT COURSES IN INDIA : R. P. Suresh
• PRESENT STATUS OF STATISTICAL EDUCATION IN INDIA : D. S. Hooda And B.K. Hooda
• DEVELOPMENT OF THE HIGHER STATISTICS EDUCATION IN CHINA : Wang Jili and Zhang Yong

Contributed papers

• A DIDACTIC PROPOSAL FOR “STATISTICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS”, AN OPTIONAL COURSE IN THE LAST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL IN GALICIA (SPAIN) : Salvador Naya, Ricardo Cao, Aurora Labora, Matilde Ríos
• UNDERGRADUATES CAN CONDUCT ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND LEARN DATA ANALYSIS IN THE PROCESS : Richard Baldy
• UNDERSTANDING STATISTICAL MISCONCEPTIONS : Herman Callaert
• WHERE DO STUDENTS GET LOST: THE CONCEPT OF VARIATION? : Carl Lee, Aklilu Zeleke, Howard Wachtel
• TRACKING THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATISTICS KNOWLEDGE IN INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS : Mark A. Earley
• TEACHING STATISTICS ON-LINE: OUR EXPERIENCES AND THOUGHTS : John Zhang
• A WEBSITE CONTAINING INFORMATION ON STATISTICAL TEXTBOOKS : John D. McKenzie, Jr., Robert Goldman
• SAMPLE SURVEYS AS A VEHICLE FOR INTEGRATION OF STATISTICAL CONCEPTS : Peter Dixon
• AN EXPERIMENT IN TEACHING STATISTICS AT PRIMARY SCHOOL IN ITALY : Mario Bolzan
• IMPLEMENTING A COMPUTERIZED TUTOR IN A STATISTICAL REASONING COURSE: GETTING THE BIG PICTURE : Oded Meyer and Marsha Lovett
• COMPARING TWO DISTRIBUTIONS: INVESTIGATING SECONDARY TEACHERS' STATISTICAL THINKING : Katie Makar and Jere Confrey
• STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF HISTOGRAMS: A STUMBLING STONE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTUITIONS ABOUT VARIATION : Maria Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Carl Lee
• IMAGE SYNTAX, PROOFS AND DIDACTIC APPLICATIONS : Marie Berrondo-Agrell
• DO MANAGERS MAKE DECISIONS USING STATISTICS? : Carol Anne Hargreaves
• DATA ANALYSIS KNOWLEDGE AMONG PRESERVICE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION TEACHERS : Cynthia S. Thomas
• TEACHING STATISTICS USING DEMONSTRATIONS IMPLEMENTED WITH EXCEL : Rodney Carr
• AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PROBABILISTIC LANGUAGE IN SECONDARY SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS : Juan J. Ortiz, M. J. Cañizares, C. Batanero, and Luis Serrano
• USE OF STATISTICAL METHODS IN AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED FIELDS : Urmil Verma
• BUILDING THE NUMERACY SKILLS OF UNDERGRADUATE AND ELEMENTARY STUDENTS : Pam Boger
• THE TEACHING OF CONFIDENCE INTERVAL AND PREDICTION INTERVAL : Pooi Ah Hin and Teh Ping Ping
• AN ANALYSIS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION SYLLABUS, PUBLIC EXAMINATION TEST ITEMS AND STATISTICAL LITERACY LEVEL OF THE STUDENTS : Indira Chacko
• THE QUANTI.COM CHALLENGE TEACHING ONLINE-OFFLINE COURSES IN QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS TO QUANTOPHOBIC STUDENTS AND STAFF : Patsy A. Clarke
• DO ENTRY LEVELS AND TEACHING PEDAGODGY RELATE TO STUDENT OUTCOMES? : Gregory E Dickman
• EVALUATING THE ACADEMIC SYSTEM : Rosa Giaimo, Filippa Bono and Domenica Matranga
• THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF STATISTICS: ANALYSIS OF ITS PERCEPTION IN A GROUP OF TEACHERS : O. Giambalvo, A.M. Milito, and M.R. Marsala
• KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE: DEVELOPING PRESERVICE TEACHERS' STATISTICAL THINKING THROUGH AN INVESTIGATION INTO LEARNERS' KNOWLEDGE OF STATISTICS : Sally Hobden
• TREES, PROBABILITY AND PREDICTION : Steve Krevisky
• TEACHING DECISION MAKING AND STATISTICAL THINKING WITH NATURAL FREQUENCIES : Laura Martignon & Christoph Wassner
• SOME FEATURES OF FUTURE STATISTICS EDUCATION : Fayez M. Mina
• DILEMMAS IN TEACHING AN INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL INFERENCE TO ECONOMICS STUDENTS : Alona Raviv and Talma Leviatan
• SECONDARY SCHOOL MATH TEACHERS' CONCEPTIONS OF THE STATISTICAL GRAPHICS' FUNCTIONS, READING AND INTERPRETATION : Omar Rouan
• BIBLIOGRAPHY IN STATISTICS TO ENHANCE RESEARCH : Francisco Casanova del Angel
• INFLUENCE OF OUTCOME EXPECTANCY AND UNCERTAINITY ON STATISTICS ANXIETY AND ACHIEVEMENT AMONG PSYCHOLOGY UNDERGRADUATES : P. Williamson & J. Mattiske
• HOW CAN STUDENTS BE ENCOURAGED TO READ STATISTICAL MATERIAL? : Stuart Young
• LEARNING STATISTICS BY MANIPULATING PROPOSITIONS : Nick J Broers
• USING PROJECTS TO ENCOURAGE STATISTICAL THINKING : Neil Binnie
• THE SYMBOL-SHOCK - A PROBLEM OF AND IN STATISTICS EDUCATION : Dr. Martina Kettler
• CHALLENGES AND AVENUES FOR CHANGES IN STATISTICAL EDUCATION IN TRANSITION COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF BULGARIA : Mariana Kotzeva & Stoyan Tzvetkov
• TEACHING WITH S-PLUS IN FIRST YEAR : Ewa M. Sztendur and Neil T. Diamond
• CAN WE TEACH PROBABILITIES TO YOUNG CHILDREN USING EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FROM THE INTERNET? : Jenny Pange
• EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS IN STATISTICS : Antoni Smoluk
• STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES AND STRATEGIES IN SOLVING CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY PROBLEMS WITH COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION : Gabriel Yáñez
• THE KNOWLEDGE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS REGARDING CONCEPTS OF STATISTICS AND THEIR DIFFERENTIATION AFTER A TEACHING APPROACH THROUGH ACTIVITIES : Chadjipadelis T., Ginis D., Kyritsis I.
• STACKING UP THE COURSE! AN EVALUATION OF THE STATISTICS IN ACTION COURSE IN SOUTH AFRICA : Nirmala Naidoo and Seble Worku
• SAS AND STATISTICAL TRAINING AT STATISTICS SA: A PRACTICAL TOOL IN GOVERNMENT STATISTICS : Diego Iturralde
• USING INTERACTIVE VISUALISATION TO DEVELOP STATISTICAL UNDERSTANDING : Richard Castle