The effects of stating problems in bilingual students’ first and second languages on solving mathematical word problems

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-129

  Bernardo, Allan B I ^a   Calleja, Marissa O ^a  

^a DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Bilinguals; Language; Math problem solving; Word problems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICS; PHILIPPINES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICS; MULTILINGUALISM; PHILIPPINES; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 15844391078     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GNTP.166.1.117-129     Document Type: Article

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