Strengthening grade 3-5 students' foundational knowledge of rational numbers

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  Good, Thomas L ^a   Wood, Marcy B ^a   Sabers, Darrell ^a   Olson, Amy M ^a   Lavigne, Alyson Leah ^b   Sun, Huaping ^c   Kalinec Craig, Crystal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c American Board of Anesthesiology   (United States)

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