Young children's understanding of division: The relationship between division terms in a noncomputational task

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 321-329

  Correa, Jane ^a   Nunes, Terezinha ^b   Bryant, Peter ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032396404     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.90.2.321     Document Type: Article

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