Prospective Elementary Teachers’ Understanding of Order of Operations

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 130-136

  Glidden, Peter L ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865961354     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2008.tb17819.x     Document Type: Article

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