Elementary school students' mental computation proficiencies

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-94

  Varol, Filiz ^a   Farran, Dale ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematics; Mental computation; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547195458     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-007-0173-8     Document Type: Article

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