Identifying Impediments to Learning Probability and Statistics from an Assessment of Instructional Software

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-54

  Cohen, Steve ^a   Smith, George ^a   Chechile, Richard A ^a   Burns, Glen ^a   Tsai, Frank ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructional technology; Misconception; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030310922     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/10769986021001035     Document Type: Article

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