Leaving Certificate Probability Course: Series of 4 Sessions (PP)
Leaving Certificate Probability Course: Series of 4 Sessions
DATE: Thursdays, 22nd February, 29th February, 14th March & 21st March 2024
TIME: 7pm - 8pm
VENUE: Online Via Zoom
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
- 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:
Profile – Seán Murphy
I have been teaching Maths, Physics and Applied Maths to Leaving Cert Honours level for the last 13 years in Ennistymon CBS / Ennistymon Community School, Co. Clare. I also teach Junior Cycle Science and Coding and Leaving Cert Computer Science. 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 for Maths teachers in the Limerick and Clare Education Centres. In the last four years, I have also worked for various Education Centres giving teacher courses in Leaving Cert Honours Maths and Junior Cycle Coding.
I also give Leaving Cert Honours Maths revision courses every summer for 5th year students going into 6th year at www.mathskillarney.ie (and formerly at Brú na Páirce, Killarney).
Before changing career to teaching in 2003, I worked as an Electronic Engineer for Parthus/Ceva Inc. ( https://www.ceva-dsp.com ) for 7 years.
Course Properties
| Course date | 14-03-2024 7:00 pm |
| End Date | 21-03-2024 8:00 pm |
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Fee | Free |
| Tutor - Speaker | Seán Murphy |
| Select Hours | 4 |
| Location | Online via Zoom |