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|useful information= Some large wooden dice that are coloured green, yellow, red and purple with stickers to show numbers (see [[ | |useful information= Some large wooden dice that are coloured green, yellow, red and purple with stickers to show numbers (see [[Efron's Dice Activity]] page. <br> Any practical probability starting point carries the risk that the results will not, in the short term, produce the expected results. This is a useful discussion point. | ||
|Learning Objectives= By the end of the lesson pupils should be able to: | |Learning Objectives= By the end of the lesson pupils should be able to: | ||
* see the worth of probability tables and know how to use them to solve a problem | * see the worth of probability tables and know how to use them to solve a problem | ||
Revision as of 09:12, 13 August 2012
Lesson idea. A lesson activity to explore probability
Teaching approach. Efron's dice provide a discussion(ta) topic for joint reasoning(ta) - whole class(ta) or in group work(ta). Pupils can explore aspects of mathematical thinking(ta) particularly with relation to probability. (edit)
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| Title | Playing with Probability - Efron's Dice |
| Topic | [[Topics/Probability|Probability]] |
| Teaching approach | [[Teaching Approaches/Whole class|Whole class]], [[Teaching Approaches/Mathematical thinking|Mathematical thinking]], [[Teaching Approaches/Group work|Group work]], [[Teaching Approaches/Reasoning|Reasoning]], [[Teaching Approaches/Discussion|Discussion]] |
| Learning Objectives | By the end of the lesson pupils should be able to:
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| Format / structure | wiki page with downloadable .doc version |
| Subject | [[Resources/Maths|Maths]] |
| Age of students / grade | [[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]], [[Resources/KS4|KS4]], [[Resources/KS3|KS3]]
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| Useful information | Some large wooden dice that are coloured green, yellow, red and purple with stickers to show numbers (see Efron's Dice Activity page.
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| Files and resources to view and download |
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