MATHEMATICS EDUCATION IMAGES

by MatthewMaddux

Egan J Chernoff

Mathematics Education Images

by MatthewMaddux

Mathematics Education Images

by MatthewMaddux

Egan J Chernoff

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Copyright 2012 Egan J Chernoff

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Contact Information
Egan J Chernoff is an assistant professor of mathematics education in the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada). Egans research, in general, contributes to the (documented) limited research on teachers probabilistic knowledge. More specifically, his work has led to the development of a variety of theories, models and frameworks, which account for relative likelihood comparisons made by prospective teachers. Currently, he is incorporating more recent developments from the field of cognitive psychology (e.g., attribute substitution), which have largely been ignored by those investigating probabilistic thinking and the teaching and learning of probability in the field of mathematics education. In addition, he is establishing that informal logical fallacies (e.g., the fallacy of composition, the appeal to ignorance and others) are an effective means to account for normatively incorrect, inconsistent, sometimes inexplicable responses to a variety of probabilistic tasks. Egan J Chernoff, PhD Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education Editor, vinculum: Journal of the SMTS College of Education University of Saskatchewan 28 Campus Drive Saskatoon SK S7N 0X1 Canada phone: 306.966.7564 fax: 306.966.7658 Skype/FaceTime: ejchernoff Second Life/StumbleUpon: MatthewMaddux egan.chernoff@usask.ca egan.chernoff@gmail.com www.eganchernoff.com www.matthewmadduxeducation.com www.facebook.com/matthew.maddux www.twitter.com/MatthewMaddux www.delicious.com/matthewmaddux http://usask.academia.edu/EganChernoff http://ca.linkedin.com/in/matthewmaddux www.usask.ca/education/people/chernoff.htm

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To Scout, whose attendance record at the University of Saskatchewan remains impeccable.