Lucky colours of sunshine: teaching the mathematics of gambling loss

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Smith, Donald (2012) Lucky colours of sunshine: teaching the mathematics of gambling loss. In: It's my maths: personalised mathematics learning. Cheeseman, Jill, ed. Mathematical Association of Victoria, Brunswick, Victoria, pp. 277-287.

Abstract

"Lucky colours of sunshine" is a simple gambling game, which is thoroughly analysed by collection and display of in class participant data and comparison with expectation over time. Workshop presented at the 49th Conference of the Mathematical Association of Victoria, held 6th-7th December 2012, La Trobe University.

Item type Book Section
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/23860
ISBN 9781876949525
Subjects Historical > FOR Classification > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > College of Education
Keywords ResPubID26285, gambling, mathematics, secondary students, curriculum
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