Do young children grasp the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction? Evidence against early arithmetic

Cognitive Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 1365-1383

  Vilette, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Addition; Inverse relation; Simple arithmetic; Subtraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036749214     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(02)00125-9     Document Type: Article

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