An experimental research on error patterns in written subtraction

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 323-331

  Fiori, Carla ^a   Zuccheri, Luciana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compulsory school; Empirical investigations; Middle school; Primary school; Student errors; Subtraction; Written arithmetic

Indexed keywords

EID: 28144454853     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-005-7530-6     Document Type: Review

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