Model Breaking Points Conceptualized

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-90

  Vig, Rozy ^a   Murray, Eileen ^a   Star, Jon R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractions; Integer operations; Models; Representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894294864     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-014-9254-6     Document Type: Article

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