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Principles of Instructional Design for Supporting the Development of Students’ Statistical Reasoning

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Cobb, P., McClain, K. (2004). Principles of Instructional Design for Supporting the Development of Students’ Statistical Reasoning. In: Ben-Zvi, D., Garfield, J. (eds) The Challenge of Developing Statistical Literacy, Reasoning and Thinking. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2278-6_16

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