The Roles of Estimation and the Commutativity Principle in the Development of Third Graders' Mental Multiplication

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-193

  Baroody, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical cognition; Mental arithmetic; Multiplicative commutativity; Number facts; Relational learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZATION;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0033228237     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1999.2524     Document Type: Article

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