Teaching and Learning Number Sense: One Successful Process-Oriented Activity With Sixth Grade Students in Taiwan

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Yang, Der Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 85156056604     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2002.tb17902.x     Document Type: Article

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