Children's fractional knowledge

Children's Fractional Knowledge

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-364

  Steffe, Leslie P ^a   Olive, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0591-8     Document Type: Book

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