Exploring Students' Intuitive Ideas of Randomness Using an iPod Shuffle Activity

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Autores principales: Ziegler, Laura, Garfield, Joan
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Publicado: 2013
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author Ziegler, Laura
Garfield, Joan
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Garfield, Joan
Ziegler, Laura
Garfield, Joan
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contents Exploring Students' Intuitive Ideas of Randomness Using an iPod Shuffle Activity Ziegler, Laura Garfield, Joan Handheld Devices Educational Technology Statistics Learner Engagement Music Concept Formation Teaching Methods College Students This article presents an activity that engages students in considering characteristics of a random sequence, in this case, a randomly generated playlist of songs using the iPod shuffle feature. Students examine simulated sequences of randomly generated songs from a small music library in order to identify characteristics that are used to develop rules that they then apply to judge whether three suspicious lists are likely to be nonrandom. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.)
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spellingShingle Exploring Students' Intuitive Ideas of Randomness Using an iPod Shuffle Activity
Ziegler, Laura
Garfield, Joan
Handheld Devices
Educational Technology
Statistics
Learner Engagement
Music
Concept Formation
Teaching Methods
College Students
Exploring Students' Intuitive Ideas of Randomness Using an iPod Shuffle Activity Ziegler, Laura Garfield, Joan Handheld Devices Educational Technology Statistics Learner Engagement Music Concept Formation Teaching Methods College Students This article presents an activity that engages students in considering characteristics of a random sequence, in this case, a randomly generated playlist of songs using the iPod shuffle feature. Students examine simulated sequences of randomly generated songs from a small music library in order to identify characteristics that are used to develop rules that they then apply to judge whether three suspicious lists are likely to be nonrandom. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.)
title Exploring Students' Intuitive Ideas of Randomness Using an iPod Shuffle Activity
topic Handheld Devices
Educational Technology
Statistics
Learner Engagement
Music
Concept Formation
Teaching Methods
College Students
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1009499