A framework for assessing and nurturing young chiedren's thinking in probabieity

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-125

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

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 53249103360     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002981520728     Document Type: Article

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