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ERIC Number: EJ557464
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
Numbers, Please! The Telephone Directory and Probability.
Brunner, Regina Baron
Mathematics Teacher, v90 n9 p704-05 Dec 1997
Presents a Monte Carlo simulation on probability using a telephone directory as a pseudorandom-number generator. Claims that Monte Carlo simulations offer a way to teach probability concretely and with understanding and that students enjoy the probability experiments. (ASK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Monte Carlo Methods, Probability, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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