Fraction calculation - A didactic approach to constructing mathematical networks

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-233

  Steiner, Gerhard F ^a   Stoecklin, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0031232277     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(96)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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