ERIC Number: EJ994428
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
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Paradoxes and Counterexamples in Teaching and Learning of Probability at University
Klymchuk, Sergiy; Kachapova, Farida
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, v43 n6 p803-811 2012
This article is devoted to practical aspects of teaching and learning of probability at university. It presents the difficulties and attitudes of first-year university science and engineering students towards using paradoxes and counterexamples as a pedagogical strategy in teaching and learning of probability. It also presents a student's point of view on the effectiveness of this pedagogical strategy. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Probability, Higher Education, Science Education, Science Instruction, Engineering, Engineering Education, College Science, Statistics, Foreign Countries, Logical Thinking, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematical Concepts
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany; New Zealand
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