Children's conceptual structures for multidigit numbers and methods of multidigit addition and subtraction

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-162

  Fuson, Karen C ^a   Wearne, Diana ^b   Hiebert, James C ^b   Murray, Hanlie G ^c   Human, Pieter G ^c   Olivier, Alwyn I ^c   Carpenter, Thomas P ^d   Fennema, Elizabeth ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 21744443187     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749759     Document Type: Article

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