Addition and subtraction of three-digit numbers: German elementary children's success, methods and strategies

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-173

  Selter, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Addition; Children's strategies; Flexible thinking; Inflexibility; Informal written arithmetic; Mental arithmetic; Standard algorithms; Subtraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144406473     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014521221809     Document Type: Article

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