DIDACTIC PRACTICUM ON THE USE OF FORECASTING METHODS DURING THE STUDY OF THE DISCIPLINE "FORECASTING SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROCESSES" AS A FORM OF RESOURCE-BASED LEARNING

In the article, the authors present the developed didactic model of the practice of using forecasting methods during the study of the discipline "Forecasting socio-economic processes", which consists of three blocks: theoretical-analytical, activity-practical, summarizing-resultative. The theoretical-analytical block contains the theoretical material of the discipline "Forecasting socio-economic processes", which is presented in a convenient digitized format in the distance course environment. The content of this block includes the program, general methodical recommendations and a route map of the practicum in computer rooms. The activity-practical block provides a logical combination of various forecasting methods, which consists in their combination and use in accordance with a specific forecasting task and data characteristics. We focus on the main ways that can be used to combine methods. When studying the discipline "Forecasting socio-economic processes", the main emphasis is on practical exercises: selection of tasks, within which students perform: data analysis, building models, choosing optimal methods, justification. The summarizing-resultative block involves writing a report on each practical work and defending the results. Students should conclude that a combination of different forecasting methods allows for more accurate and reliable forecasts because they take into account different aspects of the data and the system, which helps to avoid one-sidedness and provide a comprehensive analysis of the situation.