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Pre-Service Teachers' Understanding of Probabilistic Fairness: Analysis of Decisions around Task Design
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Hourigan, Mairéad; Leavy, Aisling M. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2020
Probability education has fast become a contested area, with curriculum authorities in some countries recently suspending its introduction until the post-primary years. In other countries, children as young as 7 years are introduced to informal probability concepts. These recent international shifts in practice have contributed to a paucity of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Educators, Probability
The Effect of Activity-Based Instruction on Conceptual Development of Seventh Grade Students in Probability
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Gurbuz, Ramazan – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2010
The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the effects of activity-based and traditional instructions on students' conceptual development of certain probability concepts. The study was conducted using a pretest-posttest control group design with 80 seventh graders. A developed "Conceptual Development Test" comprising 12…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Pretests Posttests, Grade 7, Probability
Using Simulation to Resolve Probability Paradoxes.
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Reinhardt, Howard E.; Loftsgaarden, Don O. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 1979
Various classroom uses of simulation of random phenomena with a table of random digits are described. Examples are given to illustrate the mathematics of simulation. (MP)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Activities, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education