The redundancy of mathematics instruction in U.S. elementary and middle schools

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 230-251

  Polikoff, Morgan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84871517042     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: 15548279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667727     Document Type: Article

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