Which mental strategies in the early number curriculum? A comparison of British ideas and Dutch views

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 519-538

  Beishuizen, Meindert ^a   Anghileri, Julia ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032283850     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192980240503     Document Type: Review

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