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Young children's identifications of the most and least likely outcomes of experiments

Kingston, Mary orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-0817-6230 and Twohill, Aisling orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-1156-9983 (2021) Young children's identifications of the most and least likely outcomes of experiments. In: Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8), 15-16 Oct 2021, Dublin, Ireland.

Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the probabilistic thinking of young children, focusing in particular on the judgements that influence their identifications of the most and least likely outcomes of experiments. Research studies present conflicting results pertaining to young children’s potential to engage in probabilistic thinking and a wide variance exists across international mathematics curricula regarding the age at which children receive formal probabilistic instruction. At present, young children in Ireland are not formally introduced to probability until Third class when they are approximately 8 or 9 years old. In this study, the probabilistic thinking of 16 children aged 5-6 years was examined using task-based group interviews. The results suggest that young children are capable of engaging in sophisticated probabilistic thinking and highlights that the current practice of formally introducing children to probability in Third class warrants further investigation.
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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
Social Sciences > Teaching
Mathematics
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of STEM Education, Innovation, & Global Studies
Published in: Kingston, Mary and Grimes, Paul, (eds.) Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8). . Dublin City University.
Publisher:Dublin City University
Official URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5573969
Copyright Information:2021 The Authors. Open Access (CC-BY 4.0)
ID Code:26748
Deposited On:11 Mar 2022 16:56 by Mary Kingston . Last Modified 11 Mar 2022 16:56
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