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Direct linkFlores, Alfinio; Cauto, Kevin M. – Mathematics Teacher, 2012
This article will describe two activities in which students conduct experiments with random numbers so they can see that having at least one repeated birthday in a group of 40 is not unusual. The first empirical approach was conducted by author Cauto in a secondary school methods course. The second empirical approach was used by author Flores with…
Descriptors: Probability, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
Download full textMcLoughlin, M. Padraig M. M. – Online Submission, 2008
The author of this paper submits the thesis that learning requires doing; only through inquiry is learning achieved, and hence this paper proposes a programme of use of a modified Moore method in a Probability and Mathematical Statistics (PAMS) course sequence to teach students PAMS. Furthermore, the author of this paper opines that set theory…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Inquiry, Active Learning, Logical Thinking
