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English, L.D. (2005). Combinatorics and the Development of Children's Combinatorial Reasoning. In: Jones, G.A. (eds) Exploring Probability in School. Mathematics Education Library, vol 40. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-24530-8_6
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