Students' flexibility in solving two-digit addition and subtraction problems: Instruction effects

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 627-638

  Blöte, Anke W ^a   Van Der Burg, Eeke ^a   Klein, Anton S ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Policy Research   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0035438176     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.93.3.627     Document Type: Article

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