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Assessing Fun Items' Effectiveness in Increasing Learning of College Introductory Statistics Students: Results of a Randomized Experiment

Lawrence M. LesserDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Dennis K. PearlDepartment of Statistics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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John J. Weber IIIDepartment of Mathematics, Computer Sciences, and Engineering, Perimeter College at Georgia State University, Clarkston, Georgia, USA
Pages 54-62 | Published online: 18 May 2016

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