Adapting the primary mathematics curriculum to the multigrade classroom in rural Sri Lanka

Education for All and Multigrade Teaching

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 127-153

  Vithanapathirana, Manjula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

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EID: 35348989390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4591-3_7     Document Type: Chapter

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