Adults' representations of division facts: A consequence of learning history?

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 302-309

  Robinson, Katherine M ^a   Arbuthnott, Katherine D ^b   Gibbons, Katherine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE;

EID: 0036886652     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087406     Document Type: Article

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