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Benson, Eric – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2013
The statistical output of interest to most elementary statistics students is the p-value, outputted in computer programs like SPSS, Minitab and SAS. Statistical decisions are sometimes made using these values without understanding the meaning or how these values are calculated. Most elementary statistics textbooks calculates p-values for z-tests…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Graphing Calculators, Statistics, Mathematics Instruction
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Lu, Yun; Vasko, Francis J.; Drummond, Trevor J.; Vasko, Lisa E. – Mathematics Teacher, 2014
If the prospective students of probability lack a background in mathematical proofs, hands-on classroom activities may work well to help them to learn to analyze problems correctly. For example, students may physically roll a die twice to count and compare the frequency of the sequences. Tools such as graphing calculators or Microsoft Excel®…
Descriptors: Probability, Mathematical Logic, Validity, Heuristics
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Tan, Choo-Kim – Computers & Education, 2012
A Graphing Calculator (GC) is one of the most portable and affordable technology in mathematics education. It quickens the mechanical procedure in solving mathematical problems and creates a highly interactive learning environment, which makes learning a seemingly difficult subject, easy. Since research on the use of GCs for the teaching and…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Mathematics Education, Hypothesis Testing, Foreign Countries
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Tan, Choo-Kim; Harji, Madhubala Bava; Lau, Siong-Hoe – Computers & Education, 2011
Although a plethora of research evidence highlights positive and significant outcomes of the incorporation of the Graphing Calculator (GC) in mathematics education, its use in the teaching and learning process appears to be limited. The obvious need to revisit the teaching and learning of Probability has resulted in this study, i.e. to incorporate…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes
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Mittag, Kathleen Cage; Taylor, Sharon E. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2006
One problem that students have with mathematics is that they often view the topic as a series of unrelated ideas. Sometimes they are aware that they have to know one concept to move to the next, but what is done in geometry is not necessarily related to anything in algebra. This failure to recognize mathematical connections limits students'…
Descriptors: Probability, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Instruction, Comprehension
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Whitney, Matthew C. – Mathematics Teacher, 2001
Describes an activity designed to demonstrate the birthday paradox and introduce students to real-world applications of Monte Carlo-type simulation techniques. Includes a sample TI-83 program and graphical analysis of the birthday problem function. (KHR)
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Monte Carlo Methods
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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
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Ghosh, Jonaki – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2004
This article describes a project in which certain key concepts in probability were explored using graphics calculators with year 10 students. The lessons were conducted in the regular classroom where students were provided with a Casio CFX 9850 GB PLUS graphics calculator with which they were familiar from year 9. The participants in the…
Descriptors: Probability, Problem Solving, Graphing Calculators, Educational Technology
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Freda, Andrew – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1998
Presents a game to capture student interest in probability by giving them an opportunity to explore the idea of various outcomes and the likelihood of the occurrence of one of those outcomes to explain the benefits of using a large sample rather than a small one. (ASK)
Descriptors: Data Processing, Educational Games, Educational Technology, Graphing Calculators
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Phillips-Bey, Carol K. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2004
This article describes TI-73 calculator activities appropriate for middle school students. It was found that the use of the calculator allowed for higher-level thinking and a richer exploration of mathematical ideas by students. [Included with this article are "Dice Roll Worksheet" and "Transforming Tree Worksheet".] (Contains 9 figures.)
Descriptors: Probability, Worksheets, Graphing Calculators, Middle School Students
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Hirsch, Christian R.; And Others – Mathematics Teacher, 1995
The Core-Plus Mathematics Project (CPMP) is a four-year program emphasizing mathematical modeling, featuring full use of graphing calculators, building on the theme of mathematics as sense-making, and involving investigations of real-life contexts that lead to reinventing important mathematics. (MKR)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Graphing Calculators, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Models
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Teppo, Anne R.; Hodgson, Ted – Mathematics Teacher, 2001
Outlines several recommendations for teaching probability in the secondary school. Offers an activity that employs simulation by hand and using a programmable calculator in which geometry, analytical geometry, and discrete mathematics are explored. (KHR)
Descriptors: Biology, Graphing Calculators, Instructional Materials, Interdisciplinary Approach
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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
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Ali, Rosihan M.; Kor, Liew Kee – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2007
This paper presents the preliminary results of a study conducted to investigate the differences in brain hemisphericity and learning styles on students' confidence in using the graphics calculator (GC) to learn mathematics. Data were collected from a sample of 44 undergraduate mathematics students in Malaysia using Brain-Dominance Questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction