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Tag: Probability – Experimental
Fairground Probability Games: TES Maths Resource of the Week
To see all of the work I do for TES Maths, including Resource of the Week, Inspect the Spec, Maths Newsletters and Topic Collections, please visit the TES Maths Blog here What is it? IContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 14th to 27th September
Each day I select one of my favourite free maths resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call thisContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 11th August to 17th August
Each day I select one of my favourite resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call this feature ResourceContinue reading
@TESmaths Resource of the Day: 2nd June to 8th June 2014
Each day I select one of my favourite resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I callContinue reading
Article: Probably not a good idea
On a cold and breezy Sunday afternoon, with cup of tea in one hand and red pen in the other, I found myself marking a stack of Year 7 assessment papers. The students had generallyContinue reading
TES Top 10 Resources: Probability
The following collection of resources have been assembled by the TES Maths Panel. They can be downloaded for free by registering on the TES website. There are many misconceptions about teaching probability. For me, thisContinue reading
TES Maths ROTW 38 – FIFA World Cup
World Cup fever is approaching (although I am sensing a little less optimism about England’s chances than normal). What better way to celebrate this momentous occasion than to introduce a lovely but of maths intoContinue reading
Autograph Newsletter 13 – Probability Distributions
Welcome Welcome to the thirteenth Autograph Newsletter! Each jam-packed edition looks at a specific topic in mathematics and how Autograph can help engage students and enable them to understand the key concepts better. Contents IntroductionContinue reading
TES Maths Newsletter 39
Check out the resources and links in the newsletter below. They all link to the very best TES Maths resources, which are completely free once you register on the website. Star resource Quadratics topic specialContinue reading
TES Maths Newsletter 38
Check out the resources and links in the newsletter below. They all link to the very best TES Maths resources, which are completely free once you register on the website. Star resource Probability topic specialContinue reading
TES Maths Newsletter 37
Check out the resources and links in the newsletter below. They all link to the very best TES Maths resources, which are completely free once you register on the website. Star resources Transformations topic special Continue reading
TES Maths Newsletter 36
Check out the resources and links in the newsletter below. They all link to the very best TES Maths resources, which are completely free once you register on the website. Star resources Homework collection 10Continue reading
TES Maths Newsletter 35
Check out the resources and links in the newsletter below. They all link to the very best TES Maths resources, which are completely free once you register on the website. Star resources Perimeter, area andContinue reading
TES Maths Newsletter 12
Check out the resources and links in the newsletter below. They all link to the very best TES Maths resources, which are completely free once you register on the website. Star resource World Pi DayContinue reading
Autograph Video 42 – Coins and the Geometric Distribution
Continuing our theme of all things statistical, this week we take a look at how Autograph might be used to introduce students to the concept of the Geometric Distribution, with a little helping hand fromContinue reading
Autograph Video 41 – Dice and the Binomial
In this video we continue our look at statistics and probability by seeing how Autograph can be used to introduce the concept of the binomial distribution. We look at the classic example of tossing aContinue reading
Autograph Video 40 – Biased Dice & Balls in a Bag
This week we take a look at how Autograph can be used to introduce students to the concept of experimental probability. You can very quickly set up a probability distribution function of your choice (fairContinue reading
Autograph Video 38 – Extras – Monte Carlo Method
In this video we take a look at the second of Autograph’s wonderful Extras pages – the Monte Carlo Method. We see how this can be used to make an estimate for the value ofContinue reading
Autograph Video 37 – Extras – Dice Simulation
This week we take a look at one of the excellent Autograph Extras pages. The Dice Simulation page is fantastic for allowing your students to explore the concepts of experimental probability, sample sizes and distributions.