Language and mathematical problem solving among bilinguals

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 283-297

  Bernardo, Allan B I ^a  

^a DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Bilinguals; Language; Math word problems; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICS; PHILIPPINES; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL RECALL; MULTILINGUALISM; PHILIPPINES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0036560295     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980209604156     Document Type: Article

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