Characteristics of elementary school students' probabilistic reasoning.

Book: 
Exploring probability in school: Challenges for teaching and learning.
Authors: 
Langrall, C. W., & Mooney, E. S.
Editors: 
Jones, G. A.
Type: 
Chapter
Category: 
Research
Pages: 
95-119
Year: 
2005
Publisher: 
Springer, NY
Abstract: 

We examine probabilistic intuitions and concepts as they relate to children aged 5 to 11 from research over the past 50 years. In the first section, we review the research pertaining to specific concepts and skills associated with probabilistic reasoning. The other section presents a discussion of theoretical perspectives on instruction in probability.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education