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Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 421-456

  Murata, Aki ^a,c   Fuson, Karen ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addition and subtraction; Elementary K 8; Learning; Number sense; Social and cultural issues; Teaching; Vygotsky; Whole numbers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750921598     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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