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Classroom Notes

The missing link in teachers’ knowledge about common fractions division

Anat KlemerDepartment of Education, Western Galilee Academic College, Acre, Israel;Department of Mathematics Education, Oranim Academic College of Education, Kiryat Tiv'on, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Shirley RapoportDepartment of Education, Western Galilee Academic College, Acre, Israel
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Hanna Lev-ZamirDepartment of Mathematics Education, Oranim Academic College of Education, Kiryat Tiv'on, Israel
Pages 1256-1272 | Received 04 Nov 2017, Published online: 19 Sep 2018

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