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Sowder Judith T. "Instructing for Rational Number Sense." In Providing a Foundation for Teaching Mathematics in the Middle Grades pp. 15-29. Albany N.Y.: State University of New York (SUNY) Press
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and Judith Sowder. "Students Understanding of the Relationship between Fractions and Decimals." Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics 13 (January 1991): 3-11. Sowder Judith T. "Instructing for Rational Number Sense." In Providing a Foundation for Teaching Mathematics in the Middle Grades pp. 15-29. Albany N.Y.: State University of New York (SUNY) Press |
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