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Active learning? not with my syllabus!
Author(s) -
Ernst Michael D.
Publication year - 2011
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.1467-9639.2010.00454.x
Subject(s) - dice , outcome (game theory) , statistical inference , syllabus , class (philosophy) , computer science , mathematics education , inference , probability distribution , artificial intelligence , machine learning , mathematics , statistics , mathematical economics
We describe an approach to teaching probability that minimizes the amount of class time spent on the topic while also providing a meaningful (dice‐rolling) activity to get students engaged. The activity, which has a surprising outcome, illustrates the basic ideas of informal probability and how probability is used in statistical inference.