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    Introducing Probability

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    This document discusses an activity to teach probability concepts. Students are given cards with events and asked to order them from most to least likely. They then generate their own events to add to the ordering. The activity is meant to promote discussion of probability language and justify rankings. Students then give examples of equally likely, very likely, and not very likely events. The next stage could involve assigning probability values to events.

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    Introducing Probability

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    This document discusses an activity to teach probability concepts. Students are given cards with events and asked to order them from most to least likely. They then generate their own events to add to the ordering. The activity is meant to promote discussion of probability language and justify rankings. Students then give examples of equally likely, very likely, and not very likely events. The next stage could involve assigning probability values to events.

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    This document discusses an activity to teach probability concepts. Students are given cards with events and asked to order them from most to least likely. They then generate their own events to add to the ordering. The activity is meant to promote discussion of probability language and justify rankings. Students then give examples of equally likely, very likely, and not very likely events. The next stage could involve assigning probability values to events.

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    Introducing Probability

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    This document discusses an activity to teach probability concepts. Students are given cards with events and asked to order them from most to least likely. They then generate their own events to add to the ordering. The activity is meant to promote discussion of probability language and justify rankings. Students then give examples of equally likely, very likely, and not very likely events. The next stage could involve assigning probability values to events.

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    An Introduction to Probability

    The first page of the template of cards gives some events that are always likely
    to be relevant but it can be made more interesting and promote more discussion
    of some of them are replaced by current issues such as those on the second page.
    Not all the cards have to be used. Groups or pairs of learners should be given a
    set of cards and asked to decide which is the most likely to happen and which is
    the least likely to happen. Choices are compared between the groups and each
    group has to justify their decision. So long as they can then they are correct
    there is no uniue right answer.
    Then learners should be asked to order all their probabilities in order of
    likelihood. This should provoke a lot of discussion as some have the same
    probability. !ifferences between the groups can be discussed. "ather than looking
    at numerical probabilities the discussion should focus on using the language of
    probability eg eually likely and more likely. #gain some differences are
    acceptable with justification.
    $earners should then make up some events of their own to insert between the
    events on their line. %t can be uite fun to use events that are characteristics of
    the learners& behaviour 'without embarrassing them too much(() eg *+ate arrives
    late&, *$ee gets his mobile phone out during the lesson&, *!an shouts out an answer&.
    They can then discuss how likely these events are to happen and add them to the
    ordered cards.
    #s a follow up ask learners to give e-amples of.
    /vents that are eually likely0
    /vents that are very likely0
    /vents that are not very likely etc
    The ne-t stage could be allocating values to events.
    p'Two people in
    this room have their
    birthday on the
    same day of the
    week this year)
    p'Neighbours will
    be taken off ne-t
    month)
    p'1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 will
    win the lottery ne-t
    Saturday)
    p'43, 2, 17, 6, 23, 31
    will win the lottery
    ne-t Saturday)
    p'The ne-t number
    on my dice will be
    a 6)
    p'The ne-t number
    on my dice will be
    a 4)
    p'8y coin will land
    heads given that it
    has landed 5 tails in
    a row)
    p'%t will rain
    tomorrow)
    p'Gordon 9rown will
    be prime minister in
    the year 2:11)
    p'#ndrew 8urray
    will win ;imbledon)
    p'$iverpool will win
    the /uropean cup)
    p'#rsenal will win
    the premiership)

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