Toward making representation count in children's conceptions of fractions

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-22

  Siegal, Michael ^a   Smith, Julie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030642225     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ceps.1997.0922     Document Type: Article

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