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Experimental Probability in Elementary School
Author(s) -
Andrew Lane
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9639.2009.00362.x
Subject(s) - probability and statistics , empirical probability , mathematics education , frequentist probability , probability theory , probability distribution , tree diagram , computer science , mathematics , statistics , posterior probability , bayesian probability
Summary Concepts in probability can be more readily understood if students are first exposed to probability via experiment. Performing probability experiments encourages students to develop understandings of probability grounded in real events, as opposed to merely computing answers based on formulae.