Two-Thirds of the Most Successful...

Booth, Ada

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ERIC Number: EJ086877

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Publication Date: 1973

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Two-Thirds of the Most Successful...

Booth, Ada

Mathematics Teacher, 66, 7, 593-597, Nov 73

The social science finding that two-thirds of a population of successful males are first-born sons provided the motivation for a problem solved by a 12th grade honors class. The class proved that the probability of choosing a first-born son from a male population is about two-thirds. (JP)

Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Instruction, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Education, Probability, Problem Solving, Secondary School Mathematics, Statistics, Teaching Methods

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