Children's strategy use in computational estimation

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-148

  Lemaire, Patrick ^a   Lecacheur, Mireille ^b   Farioli, Fernand ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 0034200835     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087336     Document Type: Article

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