The sources of children's reasoning errors during analogical problem solving

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 85-97

  Gholson, Barry ^a,c   Smither, Dereece ^a   Buhrman, Audrey ^a   Duncan, Melissa K ^a   Pierce, Karen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

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EID: 2842514538     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199611)10:7<85::aid-acp440>3.0.co;2-k     Document Type: Article

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