Challenges for Enriching the Curriculum: Statistics and Probability.

Swift, Jim

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Challenges for Enriching the Curriculum: Statistics and Probability.

Swift, Jim

Mathematics Teacher, v76 n4 p268-69 Apr 1983

Three probability problems designed to challenge students are presented: Liars and Diamonds, Heads Wins, and Random Walks. Other statistic problems are suggested that could involve computer simulations. (MNS)

Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Computers, Gifted, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics Instruction, Microcomputers, Probability, Problem Solving, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Simulation, Statistics

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