Is an interactive short-story aimed at 11-15 years old students inspired in characters and elements from Lewis Carroll’s classic to stimulate interest for mathematics. This story was created by a multidisciplinary team from the Mathematical Education Lab of the Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) of Universidad de Chile as an initiative to contribute to school mathematics education.

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Through a narrative combining mathema-tical riddles with a world of fantasy, this story brings the reader closer to the profound ideas of probability.

The reader can experiment and analyze the situations described in the story by accessing interactive games through QR codes found all over the book.

This story can be used to stimulate interest towards mathematics, motivate the learning of probability or as a resource to support teaching.

A different way TO BRING CHILDREN CLOSER TO MATHEMATICS

Mobile app TO LEARN BY PLAYING

Illustrations TO ENCOURAGE READING AND COMPREHENSION

A learning resource WITH MULTIPLE USES

Illustrations give life to these characters and magical landscapes, and support the visualization and comprehension of mathematical ideas.

Download the app Alice in Randomland from the App Store in your Smartphone.

Start reading the story. When you find a QR code, use the QR reader on the app.

Let’s play!

The Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) is a world-class center for research and advanced training in applied mathematics of the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of Universidad de Chile. It was created in the year 2000, and its mission is to create mathematics that solve problems coming from the industry, public policies and other sciences.

Since its inception in 2000, one of CMM's main focal points has been teaching and learning school mathematics. In the last 10 years, the Mathematical Education Lab (CMM-E) has become a reference in mathematics education in Chile, supporting a development program focused on producing visible and mid-term changes at a system level, through the strengthening of teaching capacities across the country.

More than 20 people are part of CMM-E, including researchers, teachers and professionals with various specializations in education, social sciences, as well as designers and programmers. In 2018, the “Suma y Sigue: Matemática en línea” (Adding it up: Mathematics online) project, one of the main initiatives for teacher professional development at CMM, received the UNESCO-Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers. This award was fundamental for the development of the book “Alice in Randomland” and an incentive to keep innovating in mathematics education.

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contribution TO TEACHING AND LEARNING SCHOOL MATHEMATICS