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APA

Amo-Asante, K., & Bonyah, E. (2023). Building students’ conceptual understanding of operations on fractions using manipulatives: A junior high school perspective. Mediterranean Journal of Social & Behavioral Research, 7(3), 151-159. https://doi.org/10.30935/mjosbr/13381

Vancouver

Amo-Asante K, Bonyah E. Building students’ conceptual understanding of operations on fractions using manipulatives: A junior high school perspective. MEDITERR J SOC BEH RES. 2023;7(3):151-9. https://doi.org/10.30935/mjosbr/13381

AMA

Amo-Asante K, Bonyah E. Building students’ conceptual understanding of operations on fractions using manipulatives: A junior high school perspective. MEDITERR J SOC BEH RES. 2023;7(3), 151-159. https://doi.org/10.30935/mjosbr/13381

Chicago

Amo-Asante, Kwadwo, and Ebenezer Bonyah. "Building students’ conceptual understanding of operations on fractions using manipulatives: A junior high school perspective". Mediterranean Journal of Social & Behavioral Research 2023 7 no. 3 (2023): 151-159. https://doi.org/10.30935/mjosbr/13381

Harvard

Amo-Asante, K., and Bonyah, E. (2023). Building students’ conceptual understanding of operations on fractions using manipulatives: A junior high school perspective. Mediterranean Journal of Social & Behavioral Research, 7(3), pp. 151-159. https://doi.org/10.30935/mjosbr/13381

MLA

Amo-Asante, Kwadwo et al. "Building students’ conceptual understanding of operations on fractions using manipulatives: A junior high school perspective". Mediterranean Journal of Social & Behavioral Research, vol. 7, no. 3, 2023, pp. 151-159. https://doi.org/10.30935/mjosbr/13381