An exploratory validation of curriculum-based mathematical word problem-solving tasks as indicators of mathematics proficiency for third graders

School Psychology Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 358-371

  Jitendra, Asha K ^a   Sczesniak, Edward ^b   Deatline Buchman, Andria ^c  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Penn School District   (United States)

^c Easton Area School District

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