Making sense of the minus sign or becoming flexible in 'negativity'

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 14, Issue 5 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 469-484

  Vlassis, Joëlle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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EID: 13844294137     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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