Put Some Probability in Your Classroom.

Burns, Marilyn

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ERIC Number: EJ276990

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Publication Date: 1983-Mar

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Put Some Probability in Your Classroom.

Burns, Marilyn

Arithmetic Teacher, v30 n7 p21-22 Mar 1983

A lesson for a sixth grade class that came out of an article in a Sunday newspaper is described. The instruction centered around an experiment in probability that was seen to provide an opportunity to add to pupil intuitive understanding of some basic notions. The lesson was viewed as worthwhile. (Author/MP)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Experiments, Grade 6, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Probability, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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