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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. <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.
|useful information= Some large wooden dice that are coloured green, yellow, red and purple with stickers to show numbers (see [[Playing with Probability - Efrons Dice/Activity|this 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

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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)

Resource details
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:

  • see the worth of probability tables and know how to use them to solve a problem
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]]


Useful information

Some large wooden dice that are coloured green, yellow, red and purple with stickers to show numbers (see this page).
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.


Files and resources to view and download


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