21TRA587 Leaving Certificate Probability Course: Series of 4 Sessions

 

 

 

 

 

Target audience: Teachers of Leaving Certificate Higher Level Maths.

Class 1

• Fundamental Principle of Counting / Factorial
• Permutations / Combinations / Binomial Coefficients
• Probability Definition
• Sample Space
• Rules of Probability – AND/OR/NOT
• Exam Questions

Class 2

• Experimental Probability (Relative Frequency) / Expected Outcome
• One-by-One Vs All-at-once Methods
• Venn Diagrams / Mutually Exclusive
• Tree Diagrams
• Exam Questions

Class 3

• Conditional Probability
• Independent Events
• Bernoulli Trials
• Binomial Distribution
• Exam Questions

Class 4

• More Difficult Exam Questions

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes will be aligned with the learning outcomes of the LC Higher Maths Syllabus listed here:

BIO– Seán Murphy

I have a Bachelors Degree in Electronic Engineering from UCC and a Masters in Electronic Systems from DCU. I also worked for 6 years as an Electronic Engineer with Parthus/Ceva in Dublin. I have many years of experience in computer hardware and coding from my academic and work backgrounds.

I changed career to teaching after completing the Hdip in Education in NUIG in 2006 and I have been teaching Maths, Physics and Applied Maths to Leaving Cert Honours level for the last 11 years in CBS Ennistymon, Co. Clare. I also teach Junior Cycle Science and Coding. I have a website www.hardsums.ie where I share my teaching resources for these subjects with other teachers/students.

From 2012 – 2015, I worked as a local facilitator for the Project Maths Development Team. This involved giving courses to Maths teachers in the Limerick and Clare Education Centres. More recently, I have given teacher courses on Geogebra in Limerick Education Centre

In my role as  chairman of the Clare/Limerick branch of the IMTA (Irish Maths Teachers’ Association) over the last 5 years I have organised events such as MathsFest 2018 in Limerick (see www.mathsfest.ie)  and TEAM Maths Quizzes for Leaving Cert students. I also maintain the website www.clareimta.ie for sharing resources with maths teachers 

I have also previously given Easter Revision Courses for Leaving Cert Honours Maths students in Ennis, Co. Clare, and at Brú na Páirce, Killarney.