DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT TEST FOR MISCONCEPTIONS ATM IN MATHEMATICS AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).10      10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).10      Published : Mar 2021
Authored by : Sumera Kanwal , Muhammad Shahid Farooq

10 Pages : 94-102

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    APA : Kanwal, S., & Farooq, M. S. (2021). Development of Diagnostic Assessment Test for Misconceptions (ATM) in Mathematics at Elementary School Level. Global Educational Studies Review, VI(I), 94-102. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).10
    CHICAGO : Kanwal, Sumera, and Muhammad Shahid Farooq. 2021. "Development of Diagnostic Assessment Test for Misconceptions (ATM) in Mathematics at Elementary School Level." Global Educational Studies Review, VI (I): 94-102 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).10
    HARVARD : KANWAL, S. & FAROOQ, M. S. 2021. Development of Diagnostic Assessment Test for Misconceptions (ATM) in Mathematics at Elementary School Level. Global Educational Studies Review, VI, 94-102.
    MHRA : Kanwal, Sumera, and Muhammad Shahid Farooq. 2021. "Development of Diagnostic Assessment Test for Misconceptions (ATM) in Mathematics at Elementary School Level." Global Educational Studies Review, VI: 94-102
    MLA : Kanwal, Sumera, and Muhammad Shahid Farooq. "Development of Diagnostic Assessment Test for Misconceptions (ATM) in Mathematics at Elementary School Level." Global Educational Studies Review, VI.I (2021): 94-102 Print.
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    TURABIAN : Kanwal, Sumera, and Muhammad Shahid Farooq. "Development of Diagnostic Assessment Test for Misconceptions (ATM) in Mathematics at Elementary School Level." Global Educational Studies Review VI, no. I (2021): 94-102. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).10