A Number Sense Assessment Tool for Identifying Children at Risk for Mathematical Difficulties

Mathematical Difficulties

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 45-58

  Jordan, Nancy C ^a   Glutting, Joseph ^a   Ramineni, Chaitanya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373629-1.50005-8     Document Type: Chapter

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