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Direct linkQuinn, Robert J. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2004
This article explores the intuitions of secondary education majors regarding probability. This is accomplished by administering a two-question instrument to 113 participants. Their responses to these questions, and more importantly the explanations they provide for these answers, are analysed. The conclusions drawn may be informative to teachers…
Descriptors: Statistics, Teaching Methods, Probability, Education Majors
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
Peer reviewedBergman, David A.; Pantell, Robert H. – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
A study of the effect of reading a recent clinical study on pediatricians', pediatric residents', and family practitioners' decisions concerning treatment of a common, potentially serious problem revealed a considerable influence but physician difficulty in using probability data and reliance on intuition rather than calculation. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Family Practice (Medicine)
