What response times tell of children's behavior on the balance scale task

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-177

  van der Maas, Han L J ^a   Jansen, Brenda R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance scale task; Cognitive strategies; Proportional reasoning; Response times

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037699205     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0965(03)00058-4     Document Type: Article

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