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Five-step simulation-based learning model for teaching probability (problem, prediction, model, test, evaluation)

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

The article builds its learning environment on Cobb's 3R logic (randomize-repeat-reject), extended by combining it with a simulation-based learning approach into "a 5 -step simulation -based learning model was created". The stages are: Problem (introducing real-life problems), Prediction (taking estimations for the solution), Model (creating a simulation consisting of reasonable random processes), Test (producing data from the created model), and Evaluation (querying the distribution of the data and reaching a conclusion to generalization). The model structured the four-week TinkerPlots activities in the experimental group.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Activities require dynamic statistical software such as TinkerPlots so learners can build simulation models and change the number of trials

Constraints

  • Activities in the paper are about a finite sample space and discrete probability calculations; the study does not include all activities relating to probability theory

Target Learners

  • prospective mathematics teachers in statistics/probability courses

Learning Goals

  • inference and prediction skills in experimental probability
  • understanding of randomness and variability

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Timur Koparan, Gül Kaleli Yılmaz. (2015). The Effect of Simulation-based Learning on Prospective Teachers’ Inference Skills in Teaching Probability. Universal Journal of Educational Research 3(11). https://doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2015.031101
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title Five-step simulation-based learning model for teaching probability (problem, prediction, model, test, evaluation)
description The article builds its learning environment on Cobb's 3R logic (randomize-repeat-reject), extended by combining it with a simulation-based learning approach into "a 5 -step simulation -based learning model was created".
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