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Merlyn J. Behr, Ipke Wachsmuth, Thomas R. Post, Construct a Sum: A Measure of Children's Understanding of Fraction Size, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Mar., 1985), pp. 120-131
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