Exploration of probabilistic concepts in the early years of schooling through games
AUTHORS
Jose Antonio Fernandes | jfernandes@ie.uminho.pt| University of Minho
Peter Palhares | palhares@ie.uminho.pt | University of Minho
SUMMARY
Recently, the study of Probability, together with Statistics, has been increasingly included in school Mathematics curricula in many countries, with studies beginning in the early years of schooling. Motivated by this trend, this article presents and discusses several games aimed at helping students in the early years of schooling learn probabilistic concepts. The proposed games, seen from an exploratory and discovery perspective, promote the intuitive comparison of probabilities of events, the development of an understanding of logical aspects and the discovery of mutually exclusive, contrary and identical events.
KEYWORDS
learning; probabilistic concepts; early years of schooling; games.
RELEVANT DATES
Published: 2015/06/21