Word-problem solving as a function of problem type, situational context and drawing

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-61

  Vlahović Štetić, Vesna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

First grade students; Mathematics; Situational context in problems; Word problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033438065     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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