Conference
Learning probability with Fathom
| Title: | Learning probability with Fathom |
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| Authors: | Chávez-López, Óscar, 1963- |
| Source: | http://web.missouri.edu/~chavezo/mctm05/. |
| Publication Year: | 2005 |
| Collection: | University of Missouri: MOspace |
| Subject Terms: | Algebra -- Juvenile software, Algebra -- Data processing |
| Description: | Presentation at the Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Fall Meeting. Columbia, Missouri. ; Attached below are the presentation slides and five Fathom files which may only be opened using the appropriate Fathom software. (http://www.keypress.com/x5656.xml) The Fathom files include: How likely is it than half of the promotions will be given to women?; The Monty Hall dilemma; The One Son Policy; Three coins; and Two dice and their sum. ; This presentation discusses what standards and research say about the learning of probability, dice and coins with Fathom, and how to solve problems by doing simulations. Fathom is a software useful in high school Algebra courses which makes it easy to integrate data analysis and effective technology use into curriculum. |
| Document Type: | conference object |
| File Description: | application/pdf; application/octet-stream |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum presentations (MU); University of Missouri-Columbia. College of Education. Department of Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum; https://hdl.handle.net/10355/3928 |
| Availability: | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/3928 |
| Rights: | OpenAccess. ; This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.BAF91DF8 |
| Database: | BASE |
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