The Intuitive Sources of Probabilistic Thinking in Children
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 mea
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SYNTHESE LIBRARY
STUDIES IN EPISTEMOLOGY, LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Managing Editor: JAAKKO HINTIKKA, Florida State University
Editors: ROBERT S. COHEN, Boston University DONALD DA VIDSON, University of Chicago GABRIEL NUCHELMANS, University of Leyden WESLEY C. SALMON, University of Arizona
VOLUME 85
E. FISCHBEIN
THE INTUITIVE SOURCES OF PROBABILISTIC THINKING IN CHILDREN
D. REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY DORDRECHT : HOLLAND / BOSTON: U.S.A. LONDON:ENGLAND
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Fischbein, E. The intuitive sources of probabilistic thinking in children. (Synthese library; v. 85) Translation of Le concept de probabilite chez l'enfant. Bibliography: p. 1. Cognition (Child psychology) 2. Probability learning. 3. Intuition (Psychology) I. Title. BF723.C5F5713 155.4'13 75-22376 ISBN-13: 978-90-277-1190-8 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-010-1858-6 001: 10.1007/978-94-010-1858-6
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
IX
TRANSLATOR'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
XI
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
XIII
CHAPTER I
Introduction
1
CHAPTER II
Intuition and Intelligence
5
CHAPTER III
Probability Learning
20
CHAPTER IV
Probability Learning in Children
32
CHAPTER V
The Intuition of Relative Frequency
58
CHAPTER VI
Estimating Odds and The Concept of Probability
66
CHAPTER VII
Combinatorial Analysis
99
CHAPTER VIII
Summary and Conclusions
BIBLIOGRAPHY
117 132
Primary and Secondary Intuitions in the Introduction of Probability, by E. Fischbein, Ileana Barbat, and I. Minzat
138
The Child's Intuition of Probability, by E. Fischbein, Ileana Pampu, and I. Minzat
156
APPENDIX I.
APPENDIX II.
Comparison of Ratios and the Chance Concept in 175 Children, by E. Fischbein, Ileana Pampu, and I. Minzat
APPENDIX III.
Effects of Age and Instruction on Combinatory Ability in Children, by E. Fischbein, Ileana Pampu, and 189 I. Minzat
APPENDIX IV.
INDEX OF NAMES
202
PREFACE
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
