Teaching Probability through Modeling Real Problems.

Konold, Clifford

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ERIC Number: EJ485515

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Publication Date: 1994

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Teaching Probability through Modeling Real Problems.

Konold, Clifford

Mathematics Teacher, v87 n4 p232-35 Apr 1994

Presents an activity for introducing probability by investigating the Chinese policy of having one child per family and a one-son policy of some rural Chinese. Discusses features of the problem, including counterintuitiveness, multiple options for analysis, and thought experiments. (MKR)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Probability, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Sex Differences, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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