Mental computation and conceptual understanding

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 221-247

  Blöte, Anke W ^a   Klein, Anton S ^a   Beishuizen, Meindert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Conceptual understanding; Procedural flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034196679     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(99)00028-6     Document Type: Article

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