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Martignon, L. ; Krauss, Stefan

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.

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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 typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleInternational Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education
Publisher:Ankara
Volume:4
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:3
Page Range:pp. 227-258
Date2009
Additional Information (public)Volume 4 Issue 3 - Special issue-Research and Developments in Probability Education
InstitutionsMathematics > Prof. Dr. Stefan Krauss
KeywordsTool kit, Tinker Cubes, Bayesian reasoning, Wason’s experiment, risk
Dewey Decimal Classification300 Social sciences > 370 Education
500 Science > 510 Mathematics
StatusPublished
RefereedUnknown
Created at the University of RegensburgUnknown
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-342710
Item ID34271

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