An empirical test of the impact of primitive intuitive models of operations on solving word problems with a multiplicative structure

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-242

  De Corte, Erik ^a   Verschaffel, Lieven ^a  

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EID: 0030240508     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-4752(96)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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