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Prodromou, Theodosia and Pratt, D. (Dave) (2008) The emergence of stochastic causality. In: 32nd Conference of the International-Group-for-the-Psychology-of-Mathematics-Education/PME-NA XXX, Morelia, Mexico, Jul 17-21, 2008. Published in: Proceedings of PME Conference, Volume 4 pp. 137-144. ISSN 0771-100X.
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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.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED) | ||||
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| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education Q Science > QA Mathematics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Psychological aspects, Causation, Stochastic processes, Educational psychology | ||||
| Series Name: | PME Conference Proceedings | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of PME Conference | ||||
| Publisher: | International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education | ||||
| ISSN: | 0771-100X | ||||
| Editor: | Figueras, O and Cortina, JL and Alatorre, S and Rojano, T and Sepulveda, A | ||||
| Official Date: | 2008 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 4 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 8 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 137-144 | ||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Title of Event: | 32nd Conference of the International-Group-for-the-Psychology-of-Mathematics-Education/PME-NA XXX | ||||
| Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
| Location of Event: | Morelia, Mexico | ||||
| Date(s) of Event: | Jul 17-21, 2008 |
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