Students' probabilistic thinking in instruction

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 487-519

  Jones, Graham A ^a   Langrall, Cynthia W ^a   Thornton, Carol A ^a   Mogill, A Timothy ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Curriculum; Elementary, K 8; Instructional assessment; Instructional intervention; Learning; Probability; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844454249     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749771     Document Type: Article

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