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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8380| Title: | The Emergence of Stochastic Causality | Contributor(s): | Prodromou, Theodosia (author) ; Pratt, Dave (author) |
Publication Date: | 2008 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8380 | Abstract: | This paper describes a range of students' (age 15) expressions of the interplay between causality and variation, which we relate to dimensions of complex causality implicit in mastering the concept of distribution. The results indicate support for our conjecture that it is possible to harness causality in order to help students to invent new ideas of "stochastic causality", a sense of control over random processes through the careful design of a simulation, which places emphasis upon deterministic as well as stochastic behaviour. This result stands apart from mainstream research, which tends to separate the determined and stochastic worlds. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | PME 32: 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and 30th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Morelia, Mexico, 17th - 21st July, 2008 | Source of Publication: | Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of PME 32 and PME-NA XXX, v.4, p. 137-144 | Publisher: | Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo (UMSNH) [University of Saint Nicholas of the State of Michoacan] | Place of Publication: | Mexico | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130106 Secondary Education 139999 Education not elsewhere classified 010499 Statistics not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930299 Teaching and Instruction not elsewhere classified 930102 Learner and Learning Processes 930199 Learner and Learning not elsewhere classified |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36717891 http://www.pmena.org/htmls/history.html |
Series Name: | Proceedings of the PME Conference | Series Number : | 32 |
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| Appears in Collections: | Conference Publication School of Education |
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