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Lyford, Alex; Czekanski, Michael – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2020
Students are typically introduced to probability through calculating simple events like flipping a coin. While these calculations can be done by hand, more complex probabilistic events, both in class and in the real world, require the use of computers. In this paper, we introduce a new tool--an R shiny web app and associated CRAN package based on…
Descriptors: Probability, Games, Simulation, Mathematics Instruction
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Koparan, Timur; Rodríguez-Alveal, Francisco – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2022
Solving real-life problems through mathematical modeling is one of the aims of modern mathematics curricula. For this reason, prospective mathematics teachers need to acquire modeling skills and use these skills in learning environments in terms of creating rich learning environments. With this study, it is aimed to examine the reflections of…
Descriptors: Probability, Thinking Skills, Preservice Teachers, Graphs
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Saldanha, Luis – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2016
This article reports on a classroom teaching experiment that engaged a group of high school students in designing sampling simulations within a computer microworld. The simulation-design activities aimed to foster students' abilities to conceive of contextual situations as stochastic experiments, and to engage them with the logic of hypothesis…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Computer Simulation, High School Students, Hypothesis Testing
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George, Danielle J.; Hammer, Nathan I. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
This undergraduate physical chemistry laboratory exercise introduces students to the study of probability distributions both experimentally and using computer simulations. Students perform the classic coin toss experiment individually and then pool all of their data together to study the effect of experimental sample size on the binomial…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Science Laboratories
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Kottonau, Johannes – Journal of Chemical Education, 2011
Effectively teaching the concepts of osmosis to college-level students is a major obstacle in biological education. Therefore, a novel computer model is presented that allows students to observe the random nature of particle motion simultaneously with the seemingly directed net flow of water across a semipermeable membrane during osmotic…
Descriptors: Models, Probability, Internet, Misconceptions
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Shi, W.; Kibria, B. M. Golam – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2007
A number of methods are available in the literature to measure confidence intervals. Here, confidence intervals for estimating the population mean of a skewed distribution are considered. This note proposes two alternative confidence intervals, namely, Median t and Mad t, which are simple adjustments to the Student's t confidence interval. In…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Probability, Intervals, Simulation
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Edwards, Michael Todd; Phelps, Steve – Mathematics Teacher, 2008
Data analysis plays a prominent role in various facets of modern life: Schools evaluate and revise programs on the basis of test scores; policymakers make decisions on the basis of information gleaned from polling data; supermarkets stock shelves on the basis of data collected at checkout lanes. Data analysis provides teachers with new tools and…
Descriptors: Visualization, Data Analysis, Mathematical Concepts, Probability
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Bright, George W. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1989
Discussed are the use of probability simulations in a mathematics classroom. Computer simulations using regular dice and special dice are described. Sample programs used to generate 100 rolls of a pair of dice in BASIC and Logo languages are provided. (YP)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Mathematical Enrichment
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Iversen, Kjaerand; Nilsson, Per – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2007
This paper focuses on the different ways in which students in lower secondary school (14-16 year olds) experience compound random events, presented to them in the form of combined junctions. A carefully designed ICT environment was developed enabling the students to interact with different representations of such structures. Data for the analysis…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Computer Uses in Education, Computer Simulation, Secondary School Students
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Kung, George; Mitchell, Richard – Mathematics and Computer Education, 1996
Presents several theoretical solutions to a geometry problem involving circles and probability. Includes simulation procedures to estimate the solutions. (MKR)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Geometry, High Schools
Rochowicz, John A., Jr. – Online Submission, 2005
This paper introduces the reader to the concepts of binomial probability and simulation. A spreadsheet is used to illustrate these concepts. Random number generators are great technological tools for demonstrating the concepts of probability. Ideas of approximation, estimation, and mathematical usefulness provide numerous ways of learning…
Descriptors: Probability, Simulation, Spreadsheets, Computation
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Oldknow, Adrian – Mathematics in School, 1990
Discussed are solutions to the problem "What is the expected number of rolls for the total first to exceed 6?" Several algebraic solutions are presented. A computer program which may be used to simulate this problem is included. (CW)
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Learning Strategies
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Walton, Karen Doyle – Mathematics Teacher, 1990
Discusses the use of the mathematics classroom for discovering the relationship among computers, mathematics, and real-world problems. Provides three probability problems and compares the results of three methods, actual trial, computer simulation, and mathematical solution. (YP)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education
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Hart, Derek; Roberts, Tony – Mathematics in School, 1989
This paper describes a computer simulation of Buffon's needle problem. The problem considers the probability that a needle will cross a line when the needle is thrown in a random way onto the parallel lines a certain distance apart. The paper provides the algorithm and computer program. (YP)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1988
These materials on geometric probability are the first unit in a course being developed by the Mathematics Department at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. This course is designed to prepare high school students who have completed Algebra 2 for the variety of math courses they will encounter in college. Assuming only a knowledge…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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