Children's Ability to Make Probability Estimates: Skills Revealed through Application of Anderson's Functional Measurement Methodology.

Acredolo, Curt; And Others

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Publication Date: 1989

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Children's Ability to Make Probability Estimates: Skills Revealed through Application of Anderson's Functional Measurement Methodology.

Acredolo, Curt; And Others

Child Development, v60 n4 p933-45 Aug 1989

Two studies assessed 90 elementary school students' attention to the total number of alternative and target outcomes when making probability estimates. All age groups attended to variations in the denominator and numerator and the interaction between these variables. (RJC)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Estimation (Mathematics), Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Probability, Public Education

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Language: English

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