Multiple Routes to Solution of Single-Digit Multiplication Problems

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 284-306

  LeFevre, Jo Anne ^a   Daley, Karen E ^a   Buffone, Lisa ^a   Greenham, Stephanie L ^a,c   Bisanz, Jeffrey ^b   Sadesky, Gregory S ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 1542504917     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.125.3.284     Document Type: Article

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