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ERIC Number: EJ563303
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1954
Teaching Probability for Conceptual Change (La Ensenanza de la Probabilidad por Cambio Conceptual).
Castro, Cesar Saenz
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v35 n3 p233-54 Mar 1998
Presents a theoretical proposal of a methodology for the teaching of probability theory. Discusses the importance of the epistemological approach of Lakatos and the perspective of the conceptual change. Discusses research using a proposed didactic method with Spanish high school students (N=6). Concludes that significant differences on all indicators except for attitudinal change favor the treatment group. Contains 24 references. (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, High Schools, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Probability, Statistics, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Change