The Development of Computational Estimation: A Neo-Piagetian Analysis

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 79-104

  Case, Robbie ^a   Sowder, Judith T ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84963405339     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: 1532690X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532690xci0702_1     Document Type: Article

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