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Bondurant, Liza; Odenwald, Sten – Science Teacher, 2020
Most likely a large number of students have heard of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis), and know that they are a phenomenon in the sky. Although they may not have seen the Northern Lights, most have probably seen other phenomena in the sky, such as a rainbow, shooting star, or super moon. These experiences provide an opportunity for students…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Equations (Mathematics), Prediction
Morrell, Christopher H.; Auer, Richard E. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2007
In the early 1990s, the National Science Foundation funded many research projects for improving statistical education. Many of these stressed the need for classroom activities that illustrate important issues of designing experiments, generating quality data, fitting models, and performing statistical tests. Our paper describes such an activity on…
Descriptors: Statistics, Learning Activities, Class Activities, Homework
Chu, Singfat – Journal of Statistics Education, 2007
The paper reports some initiatives to freshen up the typical undergraduate business forecasting course. These include (1) students doing research and presentations on contemporary tools and industry practices such as neural networks and collaborative forecasting (2) insertion of Logistic Regression in the curriculum (3) productive use of applets…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Business Administration Education, Statistics, Instruction
Baker, Monica; Chick, Helen – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2007
Everyone knows that teachers do not have unlimited time, a log of experience, or a deep understanding of all the mathematics they teach. To solve this problem, teachers often use textbooks, and the accompanying teacher's resource books, as sources of activities and advice about how to help students learn mathematics. The activity that prompted…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Grade 5, Probability, Foreign Countries

Wallace, Edward C. – School Science and Mathematics, 1985
Explains an application of matrix algebra which involves probability matrices and weather predictions. Using probabilities of sunny or cloudy weather students can determine the effect weather on day one will have on subsequent days. (DH)
Descriptors: Algebra, High Schools, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Wanko, Jeffrey J. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2005
This article details an exploration of exponential decay and growth relationships using M&M's and dice. Students collect data for mathematical models and use graphing calculators to make sense of the general form of the exponential functions. (Contains 10 figures and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Mathematical Models, Mathematics, Mathematics Curriculum

Mason, Julia A.; Jones, Graham A. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1994
Describes a problem formulated by fourth-grade students about having more pizza for lunch, and the clarifying, predicting, modeling, simulating, comparing, and extending activities that occurred in addressing the problem from a probabilistic perspective. (MKR)
Descriptors: Charts, Diagrams, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Chesebrough, David – Learning, 1991
Presents suggestions for helping students learn about probability using coins and a simple spreadsheet. The article details how to brainstorm, gather the necessary data, prepare the spreadsheet, learn from the data, and extend the learning. (SM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Games, Elementary Education
Beyth-Marom, Ruth; Lichtenstein, Sarah – 1982
This textbook for teaching reasoning processes and decision making under conditions of uncertainty is written at an introductory level. Based on a translation of a Hebrew book, the text is intended for the general training of military and civilian personnel required to process, sort, and/or evaluate incomplete, unreliable information. Potential…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills

Merz, Thomas E. – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Uses the various strategies involved in baseball to illustrate basic concepts in game theory. Specifically discusses Willie Mays' base-stealing strategy and how it relates to probability and risk. Reminds students that expected results depend on adopted assumptions. (MJP)
Descriptors: Baseball, Decision Making, Economics Education, Game Theory

Plummer, Robert; And Others – Mathematics Teacher, 1993
Uses a graphing calculator to predict the record for running a mile, throwing a shot put, and high jumping for any year in the future and the probable record for any year before statistics were kept, based on the statistical analysis of prior records. Data tables and a computer program are provided. (MDH)
Descriptors: Athletics, Data Analysis, Educational Technology, Graphing Calculators