An analysis of students' initial statistical understandings: Developing a conjectured learning trajectory

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 339-355

  McGatha, Maggie ^a   Cobb, Paul ^b   McClain, Kay ^b  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom research; Data analysis; Instructional design; Mathematics education; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036400919     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-3123(02)00133-5     Document Type: Article

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