Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2006

Full Length Research Paper

Preschool children's skills in solving mathematical word problems

Perihan Dinc ARTUT
  • Perihan Dinc ARTUT
  • Department of Elementary Education, Education Faculty, Çukurova University, 01330 Adana, Turkey.
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  •  Received: 22 June 2015
  •  Accepted: 16 September 2015
  •  Published: 23 September 2015

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