A Dicey Strategy To Get Your M&Ms.

Nisbet, Steven; Jones, Graham; Langrall, Cynthia; Thornton, Carol

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ERIC Number: EJ616980

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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A Dicey Strategy To Get Your M&Ms.

Nisbet, Steven; Jones, Graham; Langrall, Cynthia; Thornton, Carol

Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, v5 n3 p19-22 2000

Describes and analyzes a learning episode in which two children in year 4 interact with each other and their teacher while playing a probability game involving chocolate M&Ms. Children developed key ideas in probability from a game that was designed to produce cognitive conflict. (ASK)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Probability

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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