Children's informal knowledge of physical angle situations

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-19

  Mitchelmore, Michael C ^a  

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EID: 0031097134     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(96)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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