Simulation and the Microcomputer: An Approach to Teaching Probability.

Collis, Betty

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Publication Date: 1982-Oct

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Simulation and the Microcomputer: An Approach to Teaching Probability.

Collis, Betty

Mathematics Teacher, v75 n7 p584-87 Oct 1982

Details of an 18-lesson unit of instruction that has been used successfully with eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-grade classes are presented. Each lesson centers around individual computer programs written in Applesoft BASIC. Copies of two programs are provided, and ways to acquire the other 16 are noted. (MP)

Descriptors: Computer Programs, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics Instruction, Microcomputers, Probability, Program Descriptions, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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