Teaching Probability: The Computer Is the Handmaiden of Mathematics.

Walton, Karen Doyle

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ERIC Number: EJ339407

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Publication Date: 1986

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Teaching Probability: The Computer Is the Handmaiden of Mathematics.

Walton, Karen Doyle

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, v5 n3 p19-23 Spr 1986

Encourages the use of the microcomputer to teach probability theory and concepts. Presents an instructional sequence and provides 10 activities, three of which have short programs listed. (JM)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Courseware, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education, Monte Carlo Methods, Probability, Secondary School Mathematics

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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