Effects of Video-Based and Applied Problems on the Procedural Math Skills of Average- and Low-Achieving Adolescents

Journal of Special Education Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 5-22

  Bottge, Brian A ^a   Heinrichs, Mary ^a   Chan, Shih Yi ^b   Mehta, Zara Dee ^a   Watson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Natl Tainan Teacher Coll   (Taiwan)

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EID: 42949139132     PISSN: 01626434     EISSN: 23813121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016264340301800201     Document Type: Article

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