Detailed programme for Tuesday 13th July
Note: Only presenters are shown for Invited and Contributed Papers.
The full list of authors can be seen from the Session link in the left column.
(This schedule is kept up-to-date and consequently changes may occur.)
Rooms: LH = Linhart Hall; KH = Kosovel Hall; E1, E2, E3, E4, M1, M3, M4 refer to smaller rooms
| 08:20-09:20 | Parallel Sessions | |||
| Contributed Session C5A | Contributed papers Chair: Matt Regan | E1 | ||
| Jerry Lai | * | Dichotomous thinking: a problem beyond NHST | ||
| Pawel Kalinowski | * | Identifying misconceptions about confidence intervals | ||
| Geoff Cumming | * | Statistics education in the social and behavioural sciences: from dichotomous thinking to estimation thinking and meta-analytic thinking | ||
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| Contributed Session C5B | Contributed papers Chair: Chris Reading | E2 | ||
| Carmen Batanero | * | Paradoxical games as a didactic tool to train teachers in probability | ||
| Ernesto Sánchez | * | A statistical game: the silent cooperation problem | ||
| Jana Visnovska | * | Supporting shifts in teachers’ views and uses of problem context in teaching statistics | ||
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| Contributed Session C5C | Contributed papers Chair: Teresita Evelina Terán | E3 | ||
| Maria Lucia Marçal Mazza Sundefeld | * | The opinion of the family about the performance of the schoolchild bringing knowledge to his/her own family: statistics on prevention of mouth cancer | ||
| Carlos Carrión-Pérez | * | Improving capacities of translation through an educational process | ||
| Gilda Guimarães | * | The concept of mean by primary school students | ||
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| Contributed Session C5D | Contributed papers Chair: Pip Arnold | KH | ||
| Sandra Magina | * | A teaching experiment dealing with statistics in high school | ||
| María Vega | * | Research in statistical education: competence level of secondary school pupils | ||
| Laurent Theis | * | Linking probabilities to real-world situations : how do teachers make use of the mathematical potential of simulation programs? | ||
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| Contributed Session C5E | Contributed papers Chair: Gail Burrill | M1 | ||
| Irene Schiattino | * | Teaching regression models: an application with simulations | ||
| Andrew Titman | * | Personal Response Systems for teaching postgraduate statistics to small groups. | ||
| Dheeraj Raju | * | Teaching statisics online:a decade’s review of the literature about what works | ||
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| Contributed Session C5F | Contributed papers Chair: Doreen Connor | E4 | ||
| Annalene Sadie | * | The student project: the importance of using statistics in being an agricultural scientist | ||
| Aklilu Zeleke | * | Teaching introductory statistics using student generated data in a large class | ||
| Pedro Campos | * | Interpretative skills and capacity to communicate statistically: a differential analysis | ||
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| Contributed Session C5G | Contributed papers Chair: Karen Smith | M3 | ||
| Rui Pimenta | * | The use of statistics in real and simulated investigations performed by undergraduate health sciences’ students | ||
| Rui Pimenta | * | Comparison of attitudes towards statistics in graduate and undergraduate health sciences’ students | ||
| Mohamed Abdolell | * | Developing research literacy in academic medical research institutions: introducing an online modular course in biostatistics and epidemiology | ||
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| 09:30-10:30 | Plenary Session | LH | ||
| Plenary | Jessica Utts | * | The strength of evidence versus the power of belief: are we all Bayesians? | |
| Chair: Helen MacGillivray | ||||
| 10:30-11:00 | Refreshments | |||
| 11:00-12:30 | Parallel Sessions | |||
| Invited Session 1G | Lies, damn lies, statistics: lessons from past and present for the future Session organizer and Chair: Irena Ograjenšek | E1 | ||
| Donald L Bentley | * | The “compleat” applied statistician | ||
| Jessica Utts | * | Unintentional lies in the media: don’t blame journalists for what we don’t teach | ||
| Zenel Batagelj | * | Election poll “lies” | ||
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| Invited Session 3D | Learning to use context in teaching statistics at school and tertiary level Session organizer and Chair: Maxine Pfannkuch | KH | ||
| Dani Ben-Zvi | * | The multiple roles of context in the development of students’ informal inferential reasoning | ||
| Erna Lampen | * | Structuring contexts for statistical treatment: initializing statistical reasoning | ||
| Adri Dierdorp | * | Educational versions of authentic practices as contexts to teach statistical modeling | ||
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| Invited Session 4H | Integrating consulting with graduate education Session organizer and Chair: Ian Gordon | E2 | ||
| Heather Smith | * | Experiences with research teams comprised of graduate students, faculty researchers, and a statistical consulting team | ||
| Wessel Hendrik Moolman | * | Communication in statistical consultation | ||
| Sue Finch | * | Lessons we have learned from post-graduate students | ||
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| Invited Session 4J | Sampling populations Session organizer: Pierre Lavallée Chair: Elisabeth Svensson | E3 | ||
| Alina Matei | * | Teaching survey sampling with the “sampling” R package | ||
| Anne Ruiz-Gazen | * | The use of Monte Carlo simulations in teaching survey sampling | ||
| Pierre Lavallée | * | Understanding sample survey theory with the “replicates-duplicates” approach | ||
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| Invited Session 7H | Official statistics in statistics education:links between IASE and IAOS Session organizer: Irena Križman Chair: Metka Zaletel | E4 | ||
| James Lepkowski | * | Teaching survey methodology: government-university partnerships in education | ||
| Reija Helenius | * | Improving statististical literacy by national and international cooperation | ||
| Dennis Trewin | * | Some case studies on the links between National Statistical Offices and statistical educators: what are the main developments? | ||
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| Invited Session 8F | Research methodologies in statistics education Session organizer: Tjaart Imbos Chair: Nel Verhoeven | M1 | ||
| Finbarr Sloane | * | Multilevel modeling of educational interventions: educational theory and statistical consequences | ||
| Robert Boruch | * | Randomized controlled trials and PhD level training in educational research | ||
| Sashi Sharma | * | Qualitative methods in statistics education research: methodological problems and possible solutions | ||
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| Invited Session 9C | Virtual environments and experimental learning in statistics education Session organizer: Paul Darius Chair: Deborah Nolan | LH | ||
| Luc Duchateau | * | Setting up experiments in veterinary science: an example of virtual experimentation | ||
| Jorge Domínguez-Domínguez | * | A visual approach in the teaching of statistics and probability | ||
| Koo Rijpkema | * | Statlab: learning DOE by doing! | ||
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| Contributed Session C7A | Contributed papers Chair: Nicola Petty | M3 | ||
| Norhayati Baharun | * | The impact of video-based resources in teaching statistics: A comparative study of undergraduates to postgraduates | ||
| Martin Gundlach | * | Motivation and self-efficacy related to probability and statistics: task-specific motivation and proficiency | ||
| Sebastian Kuntze | * | Aspects of statistical literacy between competency measures and indicators for conceptual knowledge: empirical research in the project “RIKO-STAT” | ||
| Kai-Lin Yang | * | Strategies to make counter-examples while comparing two groups | ||
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| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | |||
| 12:45-13:45 | Meetings and Special Sessions | |||
| Admin Meeting 2 | International Statistical Literacy Project Advisory Board
Organizer: Helen MacGillivray | E6 | ||
| SIG 2 | Critical Numeracy - Statistical Literacy 2 Organizers: Milo Schield, Jane Watson | M4 | ||
| 14:00-16:00 | Parallel Sessions | |||
| Invited Session 2F | Making connections between educational research and teaching statistics at the school level Session organizer and Chair: Jane Watson | E1 | ||
| Helena Wessels | * | Teacher knowledge and confidence in grade 8 and 9 data handling and probability | ||
| Helen Chick | * | Helping teachers to make effective use of real-world examples in statistics | ||
| Cláudia Borim da Silva | * | Exploring relations of Vitruvian Man to develop students’ reasoning about variation | ||
| Anthony Bill | * | Researchers cultivating a long-term relationship with schools | ||
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| Invited Session 4I | Integrating Bayesian methods with traditional statistics education Session organizer and Chair: Laura Martignon | LH | ||
| Carmen Díaz | * | Psychology students’ understanding of elementary Bayesian inference | ||
| Bill Bolstad | * | Comparing the Bayesian and likelihood approaches to inference: a graphical approach | ||
| Lisbeth Cordani | * | The very beginning of a class on inference: classical vs Bayesian | ||
| Stefan Krauss | * | Teaching young grownups how to use Bayesian networks | ||
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| Invited Session 5B | Methods for large scale assessment of meaningful knowledge of statistics Session organizer and Chair: Nick J Broers | E2 | ||
| Claudette Vendramini | * | The statistics items in the Brazilian National Student Performance Exam (ENADE) | ||
| Susan Starkings | * | What do you know? Assessment beyond the traditional roles | ||
| Tjaart Imbos | * | Text analytic tools for the cognitve diagnosis of student writings | ||
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| Invited Session 7G | Statistics for non-quantitative majors Session organizer and Chair: Milo Schield | KH | ||
| Stephanie Budgett | * | Using media reports to promote statistical literacy for non-quantitative majors | ||
| Sean McCusker | * | Luring non-quantitative majors into advanced statistical reasoning (and luring statistics educators into real statistics) | ||
| Marian Kemp | * | A five step framework for interpreting tables and graphs in their contexts | ||
| Ian Gordon | * | How we can all learn to think critically about data | ||
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| Invited Session 8I | Research into learning statistics in vocational educational and training Session organizer: Arthur Bakker Chair: John Marriott | E3 | ||
| Corinne Hahn | * | The use of statistical tools by sales managers: forms of rationality and decision-making | ||
| Peter Martin | * | Evaluating statistics education in vocational education and training | ||
| Phillip Kent | * | Improving process improvement in industry by using alternative representations of process capability indices in computer tools | ||
| Arthur Bakker | * | The influence of technology on what vocational students need to learn about statistics: the case of lab technicians | ||
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| Invited Session 10A | Statistics teaching in the Asian context Session organizer: Lisa Grace Bersales Chair: Enriqueta Reston | E4 | ||
| D. S. Hooda | * | Statistics education in India: a review | ||
| Josefina Almeda | * | Teaching experiments for a course in introductory statistics | ||
| Gervacio Selda | * | Meeting the statistical training needs of statistical offices of countries in Asia and the Pacific region: the experience of the statistical research and training centre (SRTC) of the Philippines | ||
| Lisa Grace Bersales | * | The teaching of statistics in the Philippines: moving to a brighter future | ||
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| Invited Session 3H | Joint ICMI/IASE study on statistics education in school mathematics: challenges for teaching and teacher education (panel discussion) Session organizer and Chair: Carmen Batanero | M1 | ||
| Chris Reading | * | Panellist | ||
| Gail Burrill | * | Panellist | ||
| Ernesto Sánchez | * | Panellist | ||
| Allan Rossman | * | Panellist | ||
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| Contributed Session C8A | Contributed papers Chair: Gilberte Schuyten | M3 | ||
| María Virginia López | * | Strengthening the understanding of sampling distribution and errors associated to the hypothesis testing in students of agricultural and environmental sciences | ||
| Alain Bihan-Poudec | * | Social representations of French-speaking undergraduate students in humanities and social studies in the use and difficulties in learning statistics | ||
| Aboma Olani | * | Fostering students’ statistical reasoning, self-efficacy, and attitudes: findings from a comprehensively reformed undergraduate statistics course | ||
| Jimmie Leppink | * | Adjusting cognitive load to the student’s level of expertise for increasing motivation to learn | ||
| Ayse Bilgin | * | Non-statisticians learning statistics | ||
| Sandra Nunes | * | Teaching statistics at a superior school of business management. Realities and challenges. | ||
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| 16:00-16:30 | Refreshments | |||
| 16:30-18:00 | Parallel Sessions | |||
| Invited Session 1B | Evidence-based policy making Session organizer and Chair: Sharleen Forbes | E1 | ||
| Joanna Littlechild | * | Evidence-based policy making: the Pensions Commission and beyond | ||
| Ben Kiregyera | * | The evidence gap and its impact on public policy and decision-making in developing countries | ||
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| Invited Session 3B | Pre-service preparation for primary teachers Session organizer and Chair: Janet Ainley | M1 | ||
| Carlos Eduardo Monteiro | * | Student teachers developing their knowledge about data handling using TinkerPlots | ||
| Tim Jacobbe | * | Preparing elementary school teachers to teach statistics — an international dilemma | ||
| Aisling Leavy | * | Teaching statistics at the primary level: identifying obstacles and challenges in teacher preparation from looking at teaching | ||
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| Invited Session 4G | Learning statistics through projects Session organizer: Nicholas Horton Chair: James Curran | KH | ||
| Shonda Kuiper | * | Incorporating a research experience into an early undergraduate statistics course | ||
| Mike Forster | * | Student discovery projects in data analysis | ||
| Katherine Halvorsen | * | Formulating statistical questions and implementing statistics projects in an introductory applied statistics course | ||
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| Invited Session 5C | Meaningful classroom measures of students’ conceptual understanding in statistics: panel discussion Session organizer and Chair: Larry Weldon | E2 | ||
| Helen MacGillivray | * | Panellist | ||
| Richard Gadsden | * | Panellist | ||
| Maria Inés Rodriguez | * | Panellist | ||
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| Invited Session 6D | Medical statistics Session organizer: Janez Stare Chair: Glenn Jones | E4 | ||
| Willi Sauerbrei | * | Continuous variables: to categorise or to model? | ||
| Stephen Senn | * | Control in clinical trials | ||
| Geert Molenberghs | * | The applied statistical scientist in a high-profile academic environment | ||
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| Invited Session 8H | How to publish research in statistics education journals (panel) Session organizer: Arthur Bakker, Flavia Jolliffe Chair: Iddo Gal | E3 | ||
| Peter Petocz | * | Panellist | ||
| W Robert Stephenson | * | Panellist | ||
| Neville Davies | * | Panellist | ||
| Robert Gould | * | Panellist | ||
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| Invited Session 9F | Sharing data for educational purposes (standards, databases, case studies) Session organizer: Deborah Nolan Chair: Tae Rim Lee | LH | ||
| Dennis Pearl | * | The CAUSEweb digital library: a diverse resource for statistics educators and education researchers | ||
| Hans-Joachim Mittag | * | Promoting statistical literacy: a European pilot project to bring official statistics into university and secondary school classrooms | ||
| Kate Richards | * | On and off-line dynamic data interrogation | ||
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| Contributed Session C9A | Contributed papers Chair: Kay Lipson | M3 | ||
| Bingshu Wu | * | Compare students’ attitudes to learn mathematics and statistics in China and Australia | ||
| Sara Caldeira | * | Students’ opinion on the subjects of statistics and probability in secondary schools of Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Fiona Fidler | * | The American Psychological Association Publication Manual sixth edition: implications for statistics education | ||
| Penelope Bidgood | * | Dissemination of good practice in teaching, learning and assessment of statistics in higher education | ||
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| 18:00-19:00 | Focus on Posters: meet the authors | |||
| 18:30-- | Meetings and Special Sessions | |||
| Admin Meeting 4 | IASE Open Meeting
Organizer: Helen MacGillivray | LH | ||