Developing measurement concepts within context: Children's representations of length

Mathematics Education Research Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-42

  MacDonald, Amy ^a   Lowrie, Tom ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Context; Measurement; Representations; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959291038     PISSN: 10332170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13394-011-0002-7     Document Type: Article

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