Volume 5, Number 32
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7 August 2000 Vol. 5, No. 32
THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS
The Real Challenge | Probability by Surprise - Stanford
Math Forum Student Center
THE REAL CHALLENGE
Internet Learning Network - Council on Competitiveness
http://www.getsmarter.org/
An animated and interactive testing and learning site.
"The Real Challenge" is a timed test at various grade
levels in either math or science, comparable to that used
in the Third International Math and Science Study (TIMSS).
After completing the assessment, see your score and compare
your performance with that of students from 41 other
countries.
Take the "Celebrity Math Quiz" to practice math skills in
algebra, data representation, analysis and probability,
fractions and number sense, geometry, or proportionality
and measurement. Free registration is required.
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PROBABILITY BY SURPRISE - Susan P. Holmes et al.
http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~susan/surprise/
Experimenting Paradoxes - browser-sensitive Java applets
(try Internet Explorer if you can't view them using Netscape;
for Macs running IE, Holmes recommends running with the
preferences set to Apple Runtime for Java) for exploring:
- The Birthday Problem
- Say Red (will the next card in the deck be red?)
- The Collector (how many times will you need to throw
a die before you've thrown each of the 6 faces?)
- Banach's Matchbox Problem
- The Matching Problem
- The IID Sequence
- Polya's Urn as a restaurant choice
- Random Scatter
- Traffic Jams
See also Visualizing Probabilities, Applets for Building a
Probability Tree; and Two-dimensional Densities with
Conditional Probabilities.
The site includes other Web resources, and class notes for
the Introduction to Probability class taught at Stanford
University using these applets:
http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~susan/courses/s116/pagew2.html
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We've updated our Student Center with new content and
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and pointers to other areas of interest to students:
- Internet Math Hunt
- MathMagic
- Math Tips and Tricks
- Undergraduate Research Database
- Non-English Math Resources
- Science Fair Math Projects
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