The influence of sharing on children's initial concept of division

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-43

  Squire, Sarah ^a,b   Bryant, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Division; Education; Mathematics number; Problem solving; Schemas of action; Sharing

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0036134198     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.2001.2640     Document Type: Article

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