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Probability puppets
Author(s) -
Groth Randall E.,
Austin Jathan W.,
Naumann Madeline,
Rickards Megan
Publication year - 2018
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/test.12182
Subject(s) - surprise , probabilistic logic , mathematics education , computer science , element (criminal law) , psychology , social psychology , artificial intelligence , political science , law
Summary We describe how we used puppets as tools to draw 9 to 10‐year‐old students into conversations about probability. Puppets supported classroom discourse by putting forth probabilistic arguments for critique, introducing extreme and unusual examples of concepts, and introducing an element of surprise.