Proceedings of the First Scientific Meeting of the IASE

Perugia, 1993

• Introduction, Preface, Contents :
• Poster Session :
• List of Participants :

Statistical Education at School Level

• Teaching statistics at school level in some European Countries : P. Holmes
• The teaching of probability and statistics in schools: issues for interdisciplinary reflection : E. Lombardo, C. Rossi and A. Zuliani
• The classic definition of probability and fractions: difficulties and possibilities at the primary school level : C. Caredda and M. R. Puxeddu
• Teach-Stat: a professional development program for elementary teachers (grades k-6) in North Carolina, USA : D. Frierson, S. Friel, S. Berenson, G. Brighta and C. Tremblay
• On the psychopedagogical aspects of teaching statistics at the primary school : M. P. Perelli D’Argenzio
• Stat-Maps : M. Perry
• Statistics: a motivator for secondary school mathematics : R. L. Scheaffer

Teaching Probability and Statistics at University Level

• What engineers need to learn about statistics : G. Box
• Simulation and the student engineer : L. Rüde
• Off-campus statistical experiences for undergraduates : C. J. Blumberg
• The effect of context on the teaching of statistics at first year university level : M. Clark
• The educational tracks of "the making statistics more effective in schools of business" conferences : J. D. McKenzie, Jr.
• Statistical education in developing countries: the problem of “marketing” university graduates : H. Nikolov, E. Keogh and K. Stielau
• University level statistical education in Hungary : J. Reczigel
• An investigation into the performance of first year students in mathematics and statistics at a South African university : K. Stielau
• Teaching biostatistics to medical students : R. van Strik
• Education in statistics at the Higher Institute of Chemical Technology - Sofia : K. Velev, I. Vuchkov and H. Iontchev

Computers, Video and Other Tools in the Teaching of Probability and Statistics

• The role of electronic communication in statistics education : T. Arnold
• Cognitive technologies for statistics education: relating the perspective of tools for learning and of tools for doing statistics : R. Biehler
• Using computers in teaching statistics - Is it worthwhile? : A. Blejec
• Understanding probability and statistical inference through resampling : C. Konold
• The uses of video in teaching statistics : D. S. Mooore
• Educational hypertext in the teaching of statistics : F. Camillo and M. Pedroni
• Statree: an expert system for choosing suitable statistical data processing techniques : C. Capiluppi and L. Fabbris
• Designing curricular software for conceptualizing statistics : S. Cohen, G. Smith, R. Chechile and R. Cook
• The use of a computer based advisory system as a teaching aid in statistics : J. Griffin and M. Rouncefield
• A computer aided software for teaching statistics : M. Janvier, G. Saporta and E. Verdoire
• A role for computer intensive methods in introducing statistical inference : P. Jones, K. Lipson and B. Phillips
• Chemometrical package for PC : J. Militky, M. Meloun and K. Kupka
• A computer project for teaching statistics to technicians and factory workers : A. M. Morin
• Teaching data analysis with the help of Survo : J. Puranen

Education programmes and Training in Statistics

• The role of consultancy in university education and professional training in statistics : V. Barnett
• Three decades of training government statistical staff in developing countries: the African experience : J. P. M. Ntozi and G. W. Kibirige
• The Eurostat project “Training of European Statisticians” (TES): experience of the first three years and some reflections on the future : R. Teekens
• Teaching biostatistical concepts and methodology to medical professionals: various alternatives : S. I. Bangdiwala
• Teaching statistics to production personnel : A. C. Garcia
• ISEC, Calcutta: The pioner centre for statistical training of government sponsored statisticians from developing countries of the third world, mainly from Asia and the Far East : A. B. Raha
• Problems of statistical education in Croatia : A. Rozga
• Statistical education programme in Pakistan : S. A. Starkings

Issues in the Teaching of Probability and Statistics

• Student views on effective and ineffective learning in graduate level applied statistics courses : G. M. Belli
• Intuitive strategies for teaching statistics : M. G. Borovcnik
• Secret codes in statistical education : E. Çakiroğlu and T. Nemetz
• Proportions, probability and other matters : F. Jolliffe
• Teaching the essentials of elementary probability theory or how not to calculate the mean of the negative hypergeometric distribution : P. Nüesch
• Statistical stimulations : M. Rouncefield
• Teaching statistics: making it memorable : E. R. Sowey
• What is the main goal of statistical education? : V. V. Shvyrkov
• Learning methods involving communication by students : J. Taffe

The IASE and Problems of Statistical Education in Developing Countries

• The IASE and problems of statistical education in developing countries : D. Vere-Jones

Updating Teaching Methods in Probability and Statistics

• Updating teaching methods in probability and statistics : M. G. Ottaviani