The development of unitizing: Its role in children's partitioning strategies

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 170-193

  Lamon, Susan J ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21344466708     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749599     Document Type: Article

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