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OECD Publishing, 2016
Although low performers should invest more time and effort in their studies, they seldom do. One reason is because they often feel that they get no return on their investment: more studying does not automatically lead to better marks in school. But with the right kind of in-school support, including creative and engaging mathematics-related…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Educational Attitudes, Learner Engagement
Ching, W.-K.; Lee, M. S. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science & Technology, 2005
This short note introduces an interesting random walk on a circular path with cards of numbers. By using high school probability theory, it is proved that under some assumptions on the number of cards, the probability that a walker will return to a fixed position will tend to one as the length of the circular path tends to infinity.
Descriptors: Probability, Mathematical Concepts, High Schools, Mathematics Education