Mind games, reasoning skills, and the primary school curriculum

Learning, Media and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-375

  Bottino, Rosa Maria ^a   Ott, Michela ^a  

^a Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche   (Italy)

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EID: 33751168916     PISSN: 17439884     EISSN: 17439892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439880601022981     Document Type: Review

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