“…It’s Fair Because They Each Have Two”: The Development Of A Mathematical Practice Across Two Social Contexts

Citation

Enyedy, N., Vahey, P., & Gifford, B. (1998). “…It’s fair because they each have two”: The Development of a Mathematical Practice Across Two Social Contexts. Proceedings of The Third International Conference on the Learning Sciences. Georgia Tech, Atlanta.

Excerpt

They have an equal chance of landing on…tails [R types] We think the game is fair because it has an equal chance of landing on heads as it has on tails.


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