The long‐term influence of a ‘calculator‐aware’ number curriculum on pupils’ mathematical attainments and attitudes in the primary phase

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-281

  Chaplin, Di ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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EID: 85011469653     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152970120303     Document Type: Article

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