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Auer, Richard E.; Knapp, Michael P. – Mathematics Teacher, 2013
The modern era of professional baseball playoffs began in 1903, when the champions of the American League and the National League played the first World Series. Except for one year, 1904, this playoff system was maintained until 1969. Beginning in 1969, each of the two leagues in Major League Baseball (MLB) was divided into two divisions to…
Descriptors: Probability, Team Sports, Mathematical Models, Game Theory
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Vickery, William L. – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2013
When problem based learning occurs in a social context it is open to a common social behaviour, scrounging. In the animal behaviour literature, scroungers do not attempt to find resources themselves but rather exploit resources found by other group members (referred to as producers). We know from studies of animal behaviour (including humans) that…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Game Theory, Socialization, Learning Processes