The development of computation in three Japanese primary-grade textbooks

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 436-437

  Reys, Barbara J ^a   Reys, Robert E ^a   Koyama, Masataka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 24944519038     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/461837     Document Type: Article

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