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Chance (Year 7)
This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project' is for teachers who wish to consolidate and extend their content knowledge on the topic of probability. There are sections that provide history and context for the topic, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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| Audience | Teacher, School Leader |
| Purpose | Content knowledge |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Keywords | outcome, event, likelihood, probability, experiment, explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Probability |
| Topics | Chance and probability |
| AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMSP167
Construct sample spaces for single-step experiments with equally likely outcomes
ACMSP168
Assign probabilities to the outcomes of events and determine probabilities for events
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| National numeracy learning progression |
Understanding chance
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | AMSI |
| Copyright | © The University of Melbourne. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0. |
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