Prospective Elementary Teachers' Mathematics Subject Matter Knowledge: The Real Number System

Action in Teacher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 35-48

  Adams, Thomasenia Lott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0009892471     PISSN: 01626620     EISSN: 21586098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01626620.1998.10462915     Document Type: Article

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