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The Classicist and the Frequentist Approach to Probability within a TinkerPlots2 Combinatorial Problem

Theodosia Prodromou

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Abstract

This article seeks to address a pedagogical theory of introducing the classicist and the frequentist approach to probability, by investigating important elements in 9th grade students' learning process while working with a TinkerPlots2 combinatorial problem. Results from this research study indicate that, after the students had seen the systematic construction of the event space via combinatorial analysis, they viewed the sample space as an essential property that regulated the results of the distribution of each sum's theoretical frequency.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMathematics Education: Expanding Horizons. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
EditorsJaguthsing Dindyal, Lu Pien Cheng, Swee Fong Ng
Place of PublicationAdelaide, Australia
PublisherMathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Pages610-617
Volume2
ISBN (Print)9789810725273, 9789810724696
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventMERGA 35: 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia - Nanyang, Singapore
Duration: 2 Jul 20126 Jul 2012

Conference

ConferenceMERGA 35: 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
CityNanyang, Singapore
Period2/07/126/07/12

Keywords

  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Education

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