ENBIS-23 Valencia Conference

Session

CONTRIBUTED Special Session: Education and Thinking

13 Sept 2023, 11:05

2.7/2.8

Conveners

CONTRIBUTED Special Session: Education and Thinking

• Shirley Coleman (ISRU, Newcastle University)

155. Tools Created with R and Python for Teaching Statistics in Blended Learning

Sonja Kuhnt (Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts)

13/09/2023, 11:05

Education & thinking

Blended learning refers to the combination of online teaching with face-to-face teaching, using the advantages of both forms of teaching. We will discuss task generators developed with R and Python that support students in practising statistical tasks and can be easily extended in the future. The tools automatically generate tasks with new data, check the solutions and give students visual...

167. Sharing Ideas for Formulating Easy to Write Exam Questions with a Focus on Statistical Practice

Jacqueline Asscher (Kinneret College)

13/09/2023, 11:25

Education & thinking

I see final exams as a necessary evil and a poor assessment tool, and their preparation as a daunting, time consuming task, but to my students the final exam is of prime importance. They invest hours in solving exam questions from previous years, so I treat the exam questions as a very important teaching tool, despite a personal preference for projects, case studies and exercises using...

162. Practice Makes Perfect – Perfect Exercises for Perfect Practice…

Dr Stefanie Feiler (FHNW School of Life Sciences)

13/09/2023, 11:45

Education & thinking

The aim of introductory mathematics courses at university level is to provide students with the necessary tools for their studies. In terms of competence levels, the contents are still basic: the students should know and understand the underlying concepts, but mainly should be able to apply the relevant methods correctly in typical situations (even if they have not fully understood the...