Assessing and teaching children who have difficulty learning arithmetic

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 40-53

  Gervasoni, Ann ^a   Sullivan, Peter ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 79956151511     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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