Measuring middle grades teachers' understanding of rational numbers with the mixture rasch model

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-300

  Izsák, Andrew ^a   Orrill, Chandra Hawley ^b   Cohen, Allan S ^b   Brown, Rachael Eriksen ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 77749283789     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648979     Document Type: Article

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