Developing Children's Understanding of Fractions: An Intervention Study

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 137-146

  Gabriel, Florence ^a,b   Coché, Frédéric ^a   Szucs, Dénes ^b   Carette, Vincent ^a   Rey, Bernard ^a   Content, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84864548987     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-228X.2012.01149.x     Document Type: Article

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