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ERIC Number: EJ576288
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
Dice and Disease in the Classroom.
Stor, Marilyn; Briggs, William L.
Mathematics Teacher, v91 n6 p464-68 Sep 1998
Presents a mathematics activity to model the exponential growth of the common cold, AIDS, or any other communicable disease. Underscores the effect that a friend's or partner's previous behavior may have on a current relationship and on society at large. (ASK)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Diseases, Functions (Mathematics), Integrated Activities, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction, Probability, Relevance (Education), Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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