CHANCE ENCOUNTERS - 20 YEARS LATER<br>FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS IN TEACHING PROBABILITY AT SCHOOL LEVEL

This paper considers how probability is now taught in England and the way that the curriculum<br>reflects key research ideas from the last few decades. Links are made to work undertaken in probability<br>education and the way that challenges in the book, Chance Encounters, have been met. This is based on the<br>current curriculum and also the performance of children in tests. The key question considered is the extent to<br>which the teaching of probability has changed over the last twenty years. The conclusion notes that there is<br>some way to go in ensuring children are well versed in probability.