Teaching children about the inverse relation between addition and subtraction

Mathematical Thinking and Learning

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 61-78

  Nunes, Terezinha ^a   Bryant, Peter ^a   Hallett, Darcy ^a   Bell, Daniel ^a   Evans, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67749120437     PISSN: 10986065     EISSN: 15327833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10986060802583980     Document Type: Article

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