Building on children's mathematics - A teaching experiment in grade three

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-27

  Selter, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 54649083112     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003111425076     Document Type: Article

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