Gambling as a teaching aid in the introductory physics laboratory

• Autor(a) principal: Horoynski-Matsushigue, L.B.
• Data de Publicação: 1998
• Outros Autores: Pascholati, P.R., Vanin, V.R., Dias, Johnny Ferraz, Yoneama, Maria Lucia, Siqueira, P.T.D., Anaku, M., Duarte, J.L.M.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/163537
• topic: Ensino de física; Experiências de física; Experiências de laboratório; Erros; Probabilidade

Dice throwing is used to illustrate relevant concepts of the statistical theory of uncertainties, in particular the meaning of a limiting distribution, the standard deviation, and the standard deviation of the mean. It is an important part in a sequence of especially programmed laboratory activities, developed for freshmen, at the Institute of Physics of the University of S˜ao Paulo. It is shown how this activity is employed within a constructive teaching approach, which aims at a growing understanding of the measuring processes and of the fundamentals of correct statistical handling of experimental data.