Contingent tutoring of long-division skills in fourth and fifth graders: Experimental tests of some hypotheses about scaffolding

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 287-304

  Pratt, Michael W ^a   Savoy Levine, Kathy M ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032324919     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-3973(99)80041-0     Document Type: Article

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