Cultivating mathematical skills: from drill-and-practice to deliberate practice

ZDM - Mathematics Education

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 625-636

  Lehtinen, Erno ^a   Hannula Sormunen, Minna ^a   McMullen, Jake ^a   Gruber, Hans ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 85025453713     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-017-0856-6     Document Type: Article

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