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Peer reviewedWolfe, Christopher R. – College Teaching, 1992
An activity in a college statistics class had students go to a field of grass and clover and use a variety of estimation, probability, sampling, distribution, and calculation techniques for determining the number of flowers in the field. The activity focused on the discovery process, encouraged abstract reasoning, and was pleasurable. (MSE)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
