Applying Cognitive Theory to Statistics Instruction

American Statistician

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 196-206

  Lovett, Marsha C ^a   Greenhouse, Joel R ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructional technique; Pedagogy; Statistical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034368753     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.2000.10474545     Document Type: Article

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