Commentary: Probability Games Paper

 

            For the assignment, I first gathered a variety of probability games to show the students.  This was a very open-ended assignment  too open-ended, in that I ended up needing to extend the time and give a lot of direction to many groups.  On the other hand, students were engaged, and many learned a lot.  The tricky part is that the students, mostly prospective elementary teachers, didn’t have the background to tell how difficult it will be to analyze and/or simulate a game.  With most groups, I helped them modify their initial idea into something reasonable for a paper.  If I use this assignment again, I will build consultation with the instructor into the assignment itself.

            Another issue was that students hadn’t used the fathom software a lot, and some got very frustrated trying to set up their own simulations.  I changed the assignment to allow physical simulations.   I ended up giving out a follow up handout too.  8/05

             

 

 

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