Toward an Information-Processing Account of Individual Differences in Fraction Skills

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 545-559

  Hecht, Steven Alan ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345093472     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.90.3.545     Document Type: Article

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