Toward a conceptualization of statistical knowledge for teaching

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 427-437

  Groth, Randall E ^a  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Statistics; Statistics education; Teacher education; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248954944     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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