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Foster, Colin – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2012
This article advocates biased spinners as an engaging context for statistics students. Calculating the probability of a biased spinner landing on a particular side makes valuable connections between probability and other areas of mathematics. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Statistical Bias, Mathematical Applications
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Foster, Colin – Mathematics Teacher, 2011
Too often the discourse of the mathematics classroom is defined as the teacher asking the questions and the students answering them--or trying to. Certainly teachers should not be prohibited from asking questions, but if students are always placed in the position of responding rather than initiating, then one can hardly be surprised if at times…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Sets, Student Developed Materials