Compare word problems: Consistency hypothesis revisited

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 396-421

  Pape, Stephen J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Cognition; Cognitive processes; Comprehension; Mathematics; Problem solving; Word problems (mathematics)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038008536     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-476X(02)00046-2     Document Type: Article

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