Dealing with compound events.

This chapter will analyze elementary and middle school students' ability to generate sets of outcomes associated with compound events, and will examine some research on the impact of instruction on the learning of both theoretical and experimental probability. Also, the learning experiences that might be used to support the development of students' thinking in dealing with compound events will be explored. Specifically, the focus will be on understanding students' probabilistic thinking when dealing with compound and simple events in both interview and instructional designs.