Swedish student nurses solving mathematical items with or without help of a hand-held calculator - a comparison of results

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 80-84

  Kapborg, Inez ^a   Rosander, Reine ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 18044398836     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/nepr.2001.0012     Document Type: Article

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