Mathematical modelling in probability at the secondary-tertiary transition, example of biological sciences students at university

Camille Doukhan (1)

1 CREAD EA 3875 - Centre de Recherche sur l'Education, les apprentissages et la didactique

The work presented here focuses on probabilistic modelling at the secondary-tertiary transition. Concerning the university level, I am interested in non-specialist students, more precisely first-year biology students. I have written and submitted a test on discrete probabilities to Grade 12 and to biology students. I present here the a priori and a posteriori analysis of one exercise of this test. The analysis of the students' responses to this exercise allowed me to establish initial results on possible difficulties in the secondary-tertiary transition. A first point is that students, in these modelling activities, have difficulty linking task and type of task. Another result is the very high use of probability trees by students in their modelling of the probabilistic situations proposed.

Mots clés: mathematics in other disciplines; modelling; probabilities; secondary tertiary transition; students' activity

Domaines: Education

Camille Doukhan. Mathematical modelling in probability at the secondary-tertiary transition, example of biological sciences students at university. INDRUM 2020, Université de Carthage, Université de Montpellier, Sep 2020, Cyberspace (virtually from Bizerte), Tunisia. ⟨hal-03113847⟩