Mathematical problem-solving processes of students in Japan and the United States: A cross-cultural comparison

Psychologia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 131-140

  Tajika, Hidetsugu ^b   Mayer, Richard E ^a   Stanley, Caryn ^a   Sims, Varerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Fifth graders; Japan; Mathematical problem solving processes; The United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031326734     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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