The Intuitive Sources of Probabilistic Thinking in Children

H. Fischbein

Springer | 1975 | 228 páginas | pdf | 22 Mb

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Contents

PREFACE IX
TRANSLATOR'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT XI
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS XIII
CHAPTER I Introduction 1
CHAPTER II Intuition and Intelligence 5
CHAPTER III Probability Learning 20
CHAPTER IV Probability Learning in Children 32
CHAPTER V The Intuition of Relative Frequency 58
CHAPTER VI Estimating Odds and The Concept of Probability 66
CHAPTER VII Combinatorial Analysis 99
CHAPTER VIII Summary and Conclusions 117
BIBLIOGRAPHY 132
APPENDIX I. Primary and Secondary Intuitions in the Introduction of Probability, 
by E. Fischbein, Ileana Barbat, and I. Minzat 138
APPENDIX II. The Child's Intuition of Probability, 
by E. Fischbein, Ileana Pampu, and I. Minzat 156
APPENDIX III. Comparison of Ratios and the Chance Concept in Children,
by E. Fischbein, Ileana Pampu, and I. Minzat 175
APPENDIX IV. Effects of Age and Instruction on Combinatory Ability in Children, 
by E. Fischbein, Ileana Pampu, and I. Minzat