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Chance (Year 8)
This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project' is for teachers who wish to take a deeper look at the topic of probability, and the concepts of independent and complementary events. There are sections that provide history and context for the topics, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 8
- Purpose
- Planning Curriculum
- Strand
- Probability
- Topic
- Chance and probability
- Audience
- Teachers School leaders
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding chance (P6)
- Publisher
- AMSI
- Copyright
- © The University of Melbourne. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0.
- Keywords
- chance experiment (trial)
- Other terms
- independent
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