Cognitive strategies in mathematics, part ii: Teaching a more advanced addition strategy to an eight-year-old girl with learning difficulties

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-175

  Bråten, Ivar ^a   Throndsen, Inger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 84867497668     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0031383980420204     Document Type: Article

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