Data modelling with first-grade students

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-30

  English, Lyn D ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data modelling; Informal inference; Problem solving; Statistical reasoning; Young learners

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865418099     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-011-9377-3     Document Type: Article

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