Understanding of capacity in 3rd grade

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Understanding of capacity in 3rd grade. / Ruwisch, Silke.
Pre-Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education: 8 July – 15 July, 2012, COEX, Seoul, Korea . Vol. TSG 8 ICME, 2012. p. 1955-1963.

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Harvard

Ruwisch, S 2012, Understanding of capacity in 3rd grade. in Pre-Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education: 8 July – 15 July, 2012, COEX, Seoul, Korea . vol. TSG 8, ICME, pp. 1955-1963, 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education - ICME 2012, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 08.07.12.

APA

Ruwisch, S. (2012). Understanding of capacity in 3rd grade. In Pre-Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education: 8 July – 15 July, 2012, COEX, Seoul, Korea (Vol. TSG 8, pp. 1955-1963). ICME.

Vancouver

Ruwisch S. Understanding of capacity in 3rd grade. In Pre-Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education: 8 July – 15 July, 2012, COEX, Seoul, Korea . Vol. TSG 8. ICME. 2012. p. 1955-1963

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