This is a session of Topic 6: Innovations in teaching probability

Session 6A (Monday 9th, 16:00-17:30,   Level 3 - Conference Room B)

Conditional Probability, Part 1: Learning probability with visualisation

Organizer

• Andreas Eichler (Germany) : Session chair

Abstract

Conditional probabilities – and as a specific part of this subject – the Bayes‘ formula are important strategies to dealing with risk in situations of uncertainty. Unfortunately, learners struggle to understand concepts concerning conditional probabilities. Particularly, visual representations of situations of uncertainty that require to deal with conditional probabilities or rather the Bayes' formula seem to facilitate leraners' understanding of these situations. In this session we discuss research referring to innovations in teaching conditional probabilities with a specific focus on visualization.The session should include 3 papers. After a presentation of a paper, a discussant should raise main questions to the paper and also should raise questions that connect the different papers.

Papers