The impact of interactive multimedia on kindergarten students' representations of fractions

Issues in Educational Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-117

  Goodwin, Kristy ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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