First-grade Latino English-language learners' performance on story problems in English versus Spanish

Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 356-369

  Ambrose, Rebecca ^a   Molina, Marta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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EID: 79960296711     PISSN: 14926156     EISSN: 19424051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14926156.2010.524968     Document Type: Article

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