Using CODAP to Grow Students' Probabilistic Reasoning

Autor/in	Sullivan, Patrick
Titel	Using CODAP to Grow Students' Probabilistic Reasoning
Quelle	In: Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 115 (2022) 4, S.283-293 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0025-5769
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Thinking Skills; Middle School Students; Data Analysis; Statistical Inference; Probability; Difficulty Level; Intuition; Concept Formation; Mathematical Concepts; Teaching Methods; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Computer Assisted Instruction; Integrated Learning Systems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Denkfähigkeit; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Auswertung; Inferential statistics; Schließende Statistik; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht
Abstract	Probabilistic reasoning underpins much of middle school students' future work in data analysis and inferential statistics. Unfortunately for many middle school students, probabilistic reasoning is not intuitive. One specific area in which students seem to struggle is determining the probability of compound events (Moritz and Watson 2000). Research has suggested that using simulations to introduce this topic has the potential of advancing students' intuitive understanding of this concept (Biehler et al. 2013). In this article, two activities are shared that engage students in reasoning about compound probabilities. By using CODAP (Common Online Data Analysis Platform) to engage students in simulations and carefully scaffolding advancing questions, teachers can uncover students' intuitions about these ideas and advance their reasoning about compound probabilities by helping them make connections between experimental and theoretical probabilities. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01