Kazak, S;
Pratt, D;
(2017)
Pre-service mathematics teachers' use of probability models in making informal inferences about a chance game.
Statistics Education Research Journal
, 16
(2)
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Abstract
This study considers probability models as tools for both making informal statistical inferences and building stronger conceptual connections between data and chance topics in teaching statistics. In this paper, we aim to explore pre-service mathematics teachers’ use of probability models for a chance game, where the sum of two dice matters in winning the game. We report on an interview with a group of three pre-service teachers as they engaged in predicting and conducting experiments and computer simulations as an attempt to develop a winning strategy. This paper focuses on how the participants came to use the theoretical model of the sum of two dice as they tried to coordinate the combinatorial analysis and the use of data as evidence in their predictions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Pre-service mathematics teachers' use of probability models in making informal inferences about a chance game |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://iase-web.org/Publications.php?p=SERJ_issue... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Statistics education research; Informal statistical inference; Technology |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1539095 |
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