The acquisition and use of an adaptive strategy for estimating numerosity

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-370

  Verschaffel, Lieven ^a   De Corte, Erik ^a   Lamote, Christian ^a   Dherdt, Nele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0032398518     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03172950     Document Type: Article

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