Fostering the development of whole-number sense: Teaching mathematics in the primary grades

How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 257-308

  Griffin, Sharon ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85014460889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.17226/10126     Document Type: Chapter

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