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On the misinterpretation of histograms and box plots

Stephanie Lem Centre for Instructional Psychology and Technology, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Patrick Onghena Methodology of Educational Sciences Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Lieven Verschaffel Centre for Instructional Psychology and Technology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Wim Van Dooren Centre for Instructional Psychology and Technology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Pages 155-174 | Received 08 Jul 2011, Accepted 29 Feb 2012, Published online: 03 Apr 2012

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Stephanie Lem, Kathy Baert, Eva Ceulemans, Patrick Onghena, Lieven Verschaffel & Wim Van Dooren. (2017) Refutational text and multiple external representations as a method to remediate the misinterpretation of box plots. Educational Psychology 37:10, pages 1281-1300.
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Stephanie Lem, Goya Kempen, Eva Ceulemans, Patrick Onghena, Lieven Verschaffel & Wim Van Dooren. (2014) Combining Multiple External Representations and Refutational Text: An Intervention on Learning to Interpret Box Plots. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education 13:4, pages 909-926.
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