Relationship between visual and nonvisual solution methods and difficulty in elementary mathematics

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 248-255

  Lowrie, Tom ^a   Kay, Russell ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differences in approaches to problem solving; Elementary mathematics; Visual and nonvisual methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039254054     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670109598758     Document Type: Article

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