Turning our attention from the what to the how: The National Numeracy Strategy

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 457-471

  Brown, Margaret ^a   Millett, Alison ^b   Bibby, Tamara ^b   Johnson, David C ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034339338     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713651570     Document Type: Article

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