2026. July 15., Wednesday

University of Szeged Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Challenges and Innovations in Statistics Education:
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Challenges and Innovations in Statistics Education

Presentations

Opening Session / Plenary Talk

Statistics for Empowerment: opportunities and challenges
Jim Ridgway

ProCivicStat Approaches in Statistics Classes

The Importance of Statistical Literacy for Democracy – Civic-Education by Statistics
Achim Schiller
Activities for promoting civic statistical knowledge of preservice teachers
Rolf Biehler, Susanne Podworny, Daniel Frischemeier
Using Visualization Tools in Classes
Péter Kovács, Klára Kazár, Éva Kuruczleki, Péter Szakál

Issues of Teaching Statistics

Making Methodology Fun (and Making Students Better Citizens)
Florin Fesnic
Statistics for Non-statisticians, What Matters is an Understanding
Maria Kralova
Computer aided teaching of statistics, advantages and disadvantages
Ilona Kovácsné Székely

Special Plenary Session

Resources to Support Innovative Teaching: conceptual maps, data sources, and visualisation tools
Jim Ridgway, James Nicholson, Sonia Teixeira, Pedro Campos

15.20-17.00 First Floor, Lecture Hall Slot A
Effective and Innovative Teaching Methods I.

Economists Education Statistics - past, present and future. Where are we?
Anita Oroszné Csesznák, Réka Szobonya
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn: Understanding statistics through work-placed learning
Jackie Carter, Mark Brown
Towards a more conceptual teaching of mathematical statistics
Gábor Szigeti

15.20-17.00 Basement Level, Lecture Hall 2 Slot B
A statisztikaoktatás kihívásai
Session in Hungarian
(Challenges of Statistics Education)

Alternative goals for teaching statistics to medical students
László Pótó
Statisztika oktatás pécsi "bölcsészeknek"
Zsuzsanna Pótó
Mit üzennek az agrárszakos szakdolgozatok a statisztika oktatásnak?
László Menyhárt
Most akkor ez mit is jelent? - számok és értelem
Regina Zsuzsánna Reicher

Developing (Official) Statistical Literacy

Developing Official Statistics Literacy: A Proposed Model and Implications
Iddo Gal, Irena Ograjenšek
Lifelong learning development level in selected European countries: A perspective for improving statistical literacy
Ksenija Dumičić, Berislav Žmuk
Statistical education needs and experiences in the Hungarian Central Statistical Office
Gábor Lovics, Katalin Szép, Zoltán Vereczkei

Effective and Innovative Teaching Methods II.

Teaching statistics to nonstatisticians using real data
Smaranda Cimpoeru
"Flipped classroom" teaching in statistics
Mónika Galambosné Tiszberger
Increasing interactivity in class
Dániel Kehl, Ferenc Kruzslicz, Baczur Roland

IT Support in Statistics - Misuse of Statistics

IT tools for teaching demography
Grazyna Trzpiot, Justyna Majewska, Anna Ojrzynska
Personalized exams in Probability and Statistics
Gallusz Abaligeti, Dániel Kehl
Examples of incorrect applications of the measures of asymmetry and shape
Zagorka Lozanov-Crvenkovic, Emilija Nikolic-Djorić, Dragan Djoric

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