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Confronting Expectation in Grade 4: Tossing Two Coins
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Watson, J and English, L, Confronting Expectation in Grade 4: Tossing Two Coins, Jornal Internacional de Estudos em Educacao Matematica , 8, (3) pp. 1-30. ISSN 2176-5634 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
This study focuses on the experiences of 91 Grade 4 students who had been introduced to expectation and variation through trials of tossing a single coin many times. They were then given two coins to toss simultaneously and asked to state their expectation of the chances for the possible outcomes, in a similar manner expressed for a single coin. This paper documents the journey of the students in discovering that
generally their initial expectation for two coins was incorrect and that despite variation, a large number of tosses could confirm a new expectation.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Probability Grade 4 coins |
| Research Division: | Education |
| Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
| Research Field: | Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Learner and learning |
| Objective Field: | Learner and learning not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Watson, J (Professor Jane Watson) |
| ID Code: | 107079 |
| Year Published: | 2015 |
| Funding Support: | Australian Research Council (DP120100158) |
| Deposited By: | Faculty of Education |
| Deposited On: | 2016-03-03 |
| Last Modified: | 2016-08-15 |
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