Pedagogical Research

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APA

Dogan Coskun, S., & Isiksal Bostan, M. (2022). Comparison of Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge in Teaching for Length Measurement: Turkey and the United States. Pedagogical Research, 7(1), em0113. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/11517

Vancouver

Dogan Coskun S, Isiksal Bostan M. Comparison of Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge in Teaching for Length Measurement: Turkey and the United States. PEDAGOGICAL RES. 2022;7(1):em0113. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/11517

AMA

Dogan Coskun S, Isiksal Bostan M. Comparison of Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge in Teaching for Length Measurement: Turkey and the United States. PEDAGOGICAL RES. 2022;7(1), em0113. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/11517

Chicago

Dogan Coskun, Sumeyra, and Mine Isiksal Bostan. "Comparison of Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge in Teaching for Length Measurement: Turkey and the United States". Pedagogical Research 2022 7 no. 1 (2022): em0113. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/11517

Harvard

Dogan Coskun, S., and Isiksal Bostan, M. (2022). Comparison of Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge in Teaching for Length Measurement: Turkey and the United States. Pedagogical Research, 7(1), em0113. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/11517

MLA

Dogan Coskun, Sumeyra et al. "Comparison of Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge in Teaching for Length Measurement: Turkey and the United States". Pedagogical Research, vol. 7, no. 1, 2022, em0113. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/11517