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2013b.00768 Murphy, Amanda Terrizzi, Marissa Cormas, Peter Getting beyond the guess. Math. Teach., No. 227, 27-30 (2012). 2012 Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM), Derby EN K52 D82 probability grade 4 prior learning elementary school mathematics knowledge level mathematical concepts problem solving prediction teaching methods teaching standards stochastics

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Summary: ``Probability is a difficult concept to teach, because children and adults find it counterintuitive." This is impetus to consider the detailed planning of a set of lessons with a ``mixed", in many senses, group of fourth graders. Can the use of prior experience, and the knowledge associated with that experience, make probability a concept that is more intuitive? The outcomes reported here would suggest that is the case, in all probability! (ERIC)