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Identifying Impediments to Learning Probability and Statistics from an Assessment of Instructional Software.
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Cohen, Steve; And Others – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 1996
A detailed multisite evaluation of instructional software, the ConStatS package, designed to help students conceptualize introductory probability and statistics, yielded patterns of error on several assessment items. Results from 739 college students demonstrated 10 misconceptions that may be among the most difficult concepts to teach. (SLD)
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