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Hurrell, Derek – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2015
In providing a continued focus on tasks and activities that help to illustrate key ideas embedded in the "Australian Curriculum," this issue focuses on the Statistics and probability strand and the sub-strand of Chance. In the Australian Curriculum (ACARA, 2015), students are not asked to list outcomes of chance experiments and represent…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, National Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Probability
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Deakin, Michael – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1996
Discusses a commonly held misconception that in the throwing of two dice, if a total of seven does not come up for a period of time then its appearance is imminent. Describes an experiment to disprove the misconception and includes a discussion of the theory that frames the results. (DDR)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Learning Activities
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Lannen, Brian – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1996
Describes a game originally published by the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) as a chance and data activity. Includes a variety of modifications and extensions of the board game, and a discussion on the use of an empirical approach as an access issue. (DDR)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Discovery Learning, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers