Preservice Teachers' Understanding of Perimeter and Area

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 361-367

  Menon, Ramakrishnan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0347114412     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.1998.tb17306.x     Document Type: Article

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