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Frequentist Approach: Modelling and Simulation in Statistics and Probability Teaching

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In this chapter, a question is posed about the link between two traditional approaches to the notion of probability, classical (or Laplacian) and frequentist, in secondary teaching. Different conceptions of probability, objective and subjective, are considered, some didactical difficulties of the frequentist option are underlined, and the modelling view point is presented. A critical description of a modelling process of a random situation for teachers’ training in secondary teaching is proposed and it is developed for the example of a queue. Finally, the status of simulations on computers in classrooms is clarified and their didactical relevance is highlighted.

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  1. École Nationale de Formation Agronomique (ENFA), 2 route de Narbonne, BP 22687, 31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France

    Brigitte Chaput

  2. IREM, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon I, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622, Villeurbanne, France

    Jean-Claude Girard

  3. UFR ST, IREM La Bouloie, Université de Franche-Comté, 25030, Besançon, France

    Michel Henry

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  1. Fac. Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Granada, Granada, 18071, Spain

    Carmen Batanero

  2. Dept. Counseling,, Educational Psychology &, Michigan State University, Erickson Hall 240, East Lansing, 48824, Michigan, USA

    Gail Burrill

  3. SiMERR National Centre, University of New England, Armidale, 2350, New South Wales, Australia

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Chaput, B., Girard, JC., Henry, M. (2011). Frequentist Approach: Modelling and Simulation in Statistics and Probability Teaching. In: Batanero, C., Burrill, G., Reading, C. (eds) Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics-Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education. New ICMI Study Series, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1131-0_12

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