Patterns of Knowledge in Children's Addition

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 521-534

  Canobi, Katherine H ^a   Reeve, Robert A ^a   Pattison, Philippa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0141641146     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.39.3.521     Document Type: Article

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