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Hands-on activities for fourth graders: A tool box for decision – making and reckoning with risk
Martignon, L. and Krauss, Stefan
(2009)
Hands-on activities for fourth graders: A tool box for decision – making and reckoning with risk.
International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 4 (3), pp. 227-258.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 12 Aug 2016 05:55
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.34271
Abstract
The intention of this work is to exhibit how children can be provided with a kit of elementary tools for judgment under uncertainty, for good decision making and for reckoning with risk. Children, we claim, can acquire this tool kit through a mosaic of simple, play-based activities which are devised to make them aware of the characteristics of uncertainty. We present a sequence of tasks that ...
The intention of this work is to exhibit how children can be provided with a kit of elementary tools for judgment under uncertainty, for good decision making and for reckoning with risk. Children, we claim, can acquire this tool kit through a mosaic of simple, play-based activities which are devised to make them aware of the characteristics of uncertainty. We present a sequence of tasks that build upon each other, beginning with the Wason selection task, moving on to probabilistic tasks, tasks in elementary Bayesian reasoning comparing proportions and, finally, to comparing risks. This research is guided and inspired by empirical results on human decision making in the medical and financial domain.
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| Item type | Article |
| Journal or Publication Title | International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education |
| Publisher: | Ankara |
|---|---|
| Volume: | 4 |
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 3 |
| Page Range: | pp. 227-258 |
| Date | 2009 |
| Additional Information (public) | Volume 4 Issue 3 - Special issue-Research and Developments in Probability Education |
| Institutions | Mathematics > Prof. Dr. Stefan Krauss |
| Keywords | Tool kit, Tinker Cubes, Bayesian reasoning, Wason’s experiment, risk |
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 300 Social sciences > 370 Education 500 Science > 510 Mathematics |
| Status | Published |
| Refereed | Unknown |
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Unknown |
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-342710 |
| Item ID | 34271 |
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