| Guest lecture / keynote speech |
Lesson given by the teacher that may have different formats (theory, problems and/or general examples, general guidelines of the subject, etc.). The teacher might use audiovisual and computer means. In addition, s/he can introduce some questions posed to the students.
The objective is to introduce the student into the concepts of the subject, in order to transmit the knowledge base the student needs to start his/her work and his/her learning. |
| Workshop |
The main objective in these classes will be the realization of especially practical tasks, with the teacher's support and supervision: proposal and solution of applications from the theory, proposal and supervision of works, problems, exercises, presentations, expositions, debates and comments on works, solving doubts about the theory, etc..
It is also possible that the teacher explains some concepts, especially for clarifying their application, or in any case as a mere comment about the keynote speech. |
| Mixed objective/subjective test |
Written test used for evaluating the learning. This test may consist of a combination of different formats of questions, as exercises, test, etc.. The final objetive is that the student develops his/her capacity of reasoning and the teacher has a tool for assessing the knowledge, skills and abilities of the students.
Two mixed test will be carried out: the first one covers the lessons on Descriptive Statistics, Time series and Index numbers; the second one corresponds to the lessons on Probability Calculus. |
| Long answer / essay questions |
Written test with answers of certain amplitude. This test can be a combination of exercises belonging to different lessons, with short questions and/or multiple choice questions.
This test allows for measuring the knowledge the student is acquiring and, in this manner, analyzing his/her evolution in the subject.
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| Speaking test |
Activity designed to respond orally to questions, specially assessing the capacity of reasoning. It allows for measuring different abilities of the student. This activity may also include the realization and exposition of practical exercises (type I and type II). The exposition will be individual, although its realization and evolution can combine individual cases and/or cases in groups.
Type I exercises: individual exercises that the students will develop along the different classes at the teacher's proposal.
Type II exercises: exercises in groups based on bulletins provided by the teachers; although they do not have to be identical, they will be of the same style.
The participation of the student in class will be evaluated in this section. The selection of the type of activity or activities to carry out will be subject to the teacher's criterion.
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