Open AccessPROBABILITY FROM A SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Author(s) -
Sashi Sharma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
statistics education research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1570-1824
DOI - 10.52041/serj.v15i2.244
Subject(s) - probabilistic logic , perspective (graphical) , grounded theory , mathematics education , context (archaeology) , psychology , qualitative research , computer science , sociology , social science , artificial intelligence , geography , archaeology
There exists considerable and rich literature on students’ misconceptions about probability; less attention has been paid to the development of students’ probabilistic thinking in the classroom. Grounded in an analysis of the literature, this article offers a lesson sequence for developing students’ probabilistic understanding. In particular, a context familiar to teachers—exploring compound events that occur in a game of chance—is presented, and it is demonstrated how the context can be used to explore the relationship between experimental and theoretical probabilities in a classroom setting. The approach integrates both the content and the language of probability and is grounded in socio-cultural theory. First published November 2016 at Statistics Education Research Journal Archives