Relations between classroom practices and student learning in the domain of fractions

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-24

  Saxe, Geoffrey B ^a   Gearhart, Maryl ^a   Seltzer, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0038023287     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532690xci1701_1     Document Type: Article

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