Chance by design: Devising an introductory probability module for implementation at scale in English early-secondary education

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-423

  Ruthven, Kenneth ^a   Hofmann, Riikka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design research; Dialogic teaching; Early secondary school; England; Improvement at scale; Pedagogical design; Teaching probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888050407     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-012-0470-6     Document Type: Article

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