Lessons from inferentialism for statistics education

Mathematical Thinking and Learning

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 5-26

  Bakker, Arthur ^a   Derry, Jan ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78951483616     PISSN: 10986065     EISSN: 15327833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10986065.2011.538293     Document Type: Article

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