International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education

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APA

Rodríguez-Nieto, C. A., Cabarcas-Jiménez, J. D., Sarmiento-Reales, A. L., Cantillo-Rudas, B. M., Berrio-Valbuena, J. D., Sudirman, S., & Castro Inostroza, A. (2025). High school student levels of arithmetic knowledge when solving additive word problems: А case study. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 20(3), em0831. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/16230

Vancouver

Rodríguez-Nieto CA, Cabarcas-Jiménez JD, Sarmiento-Reales AL, Cantillo-Rudas BM, Berrio-Valbuena JD, Sudirman S, et al. High school student levels of arithmetic knowledge when solving additive word problems: А case study. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2025;20(3):em0831. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/16230

AMA

Rodríguez-Nieto CA, Cabarcas-Jiménez JD, Sarmiento-Reales AL, et al. High school student levels of arithmetic knowledge when solving additive word problems: А case study. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2025;20(3), em0831. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/16230

Chicago

Rodríguez-Nieto, Camilo Andrés, José David Cabarcas-Jiménez, Adriana Lucía Sarmiento-Reales, Benilda María Cantillo-Rudas, Jesús David Berrio-Valbuena, Sudirman Sudirman, and Angela Castro Inostroza. "High school student levels of arithmetic knowledge when solving additive word problems: А case study". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2025 20 no. 3 (2025): em0831. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/16230

Harvard

Rodríguez-Nieto, C. A., Cabarcas-Jiménez, J. D., Sarmiento-Reales, A. L., Cantillo-Rudas, B. M., Berrio-Valbuena, J. D., Sudirman, S., and Castro Inostroza, A. (2025). High school student levels of arithmetic knowledge when solving additive word problems: А case study. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 20(3), em0831. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/16230

MLA

Rodríguez-Nieto, Camilo Andrés et al. "High school student levels of arithmetic knowledge when solving additive word problems: А case study". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 20, no. 3, 2025, em0831. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/16230