Does the cue help? Children's understanding of multiplicative concepts in different problem contexts

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 515-532

  Squire, Sarah ^a,b   Davies, Charlotte ^a   Bryant, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CHILD; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 10244221168     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/0007099042376364     Document Type: Article

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