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The Intuitive Sources of Probabilistic Thinking in Children

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  • © 1975

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Authors:
  1. E. Fischbein
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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 85)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Introduction

    • E. Fischbein
    Pages 1-4

  3. Intuition and Intelligence

    • E. Fischbein
    Pages 5-19

  4. Probability Learning

    • E. Fischbein
    Pages 20-31

  5. Probability Learning in Children

    • E. Fischbein
    Pages 32-57

  6. The Intuition of Relative Frequency

    • E. Fischbein
    Pages 58-65

  7. Estimating Odds and the Concept of Probability

    • E. Fischbein
    Pages 66-98

  8. Combinatorial Analysis

    • E. Fischbein
    Pages 99-116

  9. Summary and Conclusions

    • E. Fischbein
    Pages 117-131

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 132-210
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About this book

About a year ago I promised my friend Fischbein a preface to his book of which I knew the French manuscript. Now with the printer's proofs under my eyes I like the book even better than I did then, because of, and influenced by, new experiences in the meantime, and fresh thoughts that crossed my mind. Have I been influenced by what I remembered from the manuscript? If so, it must have happened unconsciously. But of course, what struck me in this work a year ago, struck a responsive chord in my own mind. In the past, mathematics teaching theory has strongly been influenced by a view on mathematics as a heap of concepts, and on learning mathematics as concepts attainment. Mathematics teaching practice has been jeopardised by this theoretical approach, which in its most dangerous form expresses itself as a radical atomism. To concepts attainment Fischbein opposes acquisition of intuitions. In my own publications I avoided the word "intuition" because of the variety of its meanings across languages. For some time I have used the term "constitution of mathematical objects", which I think means the same as Fischbein's "acquisition of intuitions" - indeed as I view it, constituting a mental object precedes its conceptualising, and under this viewpoint I tried to observe mathematical activities of young children.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Intuitive Sources of Probabilistic Thinking in Children

  • Authors: E. Fischbein

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1858-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1975

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0626-3Published: 30 November 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1190-8Published: 30 November 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1858-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 210

  • Additional Information: Originally published in French

  • Topics: Child and School Psychology

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals

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