A strong foundation in early number concepts is crucial for students' future success in statistics. Despite its importance in statistics, many first-year students struggle to comprehend the normal distribution due to a lack of basic number sense. Students get confused about the order and magnitude of negative z-scores on a standard normal curve or…

A program designed to calculate pi using a Monte Carlo simulation based on "throwing darts" at a quarter circle of unit radius inscribed in a unit square is presented. (MP)

Children at many levels enjoy using spinners to explore probabilities and practice predicting, tabulating and graphing outcomes, and observing results. Directions for making spinners, descriptions of several activities, and sample worksheets are provided. (SD)

This book is designed to introduce the reader to some fundamental ideas about probability. The mathematical theory of probability plays an increasingly important role in science, government, industry, business, and economics. An understanding of the basic concepts of probability is essential for the study of statistical methods that are widely…

This book is designed to introduce the reader to some fundamental ideas about probability. It is assumed that the reader has completed chapters 1 to 7 of SMSG Introduction to Probability, Part 1. While the book is designed for junior high school students, some elementary algebra is required for a number of the exercises. The difficult exercises…

Chapters 7-8 of the special materials for low achieving students in grades 7-8 by SMSG deal with properties of the rational numbers and elementary probability. Included for each chapter are pretest exercises, a self-test, instructional lessons and exercises, and a chapter test. (CT)

This teacher resource manual is designed to help teachers implement the Mathematics Preparation 10 course. This manual is a support document that provides helpful information to classroom teachers. The general and specific outcomes of the program of studies for Mathematics Preparation 10 are discussed. These outcomes have been shared to show that…

This book is a partially annotated bibliography of books, articles and periodicals concerned with mathematical games, puzzles, tricks, amusements, and paradoxes. Because the literature in recreational mathematics has proliferated to amazing proportions since Volume 2 of this series (ED 040 874), Volume 3 is more than just an updating of the…

This document compiles an "honest list" of what is needed for adult numeracy. The first section consolidates the four posited Massachusetts Adult Basic Education (ABE) Math Standards into three adult numeracy themes: relevance/connections, problem solving/reasoning/decision making, and communication. A discussion of each theme is followed by some…

This guide is designed to help classroom teachers implement the Alabama Course of Study: Mathematics K-12. It is inclusive also of the objectives tested by the Stanford Achievement Tests and the Alabama Basic Competency Tests. One characteristic of the curriculum guide is that it clearly states what students should learn in each grade level. These…