ERIC Number: ED598156
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Publication Date: 2016-Jun
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Visualising Chance: Learning Probability through Modelling
Budgett, Stephanie; Pfannkuch, Maxine
Teaching and Learning Research Initiative
This report summarises the research activities and findings from the TLRI-funded project entitled "Visualising Chance: Learning Probability Through Modelling." This exploratory study was a 2-year collaboration among two researchers, two conceptual software developers/interactive graphics experts, three university lecturers/practitioners, one master's student, four teacher observers and one quality assurance advisor. The project team designed innovative software tools and associated tasks which aimed to expose introductory students to a modelling approach to probability. The study sought to discover what conceptual understanding of probability and what probabilistic reasoning could be promoted from such an approach.
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Mathematical Models, Computer Software, Visualization, Introductory Courses, Problem Solving, Simulation, Computer Simulation, Markov Processes, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Skills, Skill Development, Computer Graphics
Teaching and Learning Research Initiative. Available from: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. P.O. Box 3237, Wellington 6140 New Zealand. Tel: +64-4384-7939; Fax: +64-4384-7933; e-mail: tlri@nzcer.org.nz; Web site: http://www.tlri.org.nz
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (New Zealand)
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