Knowledge change as a function of mathematics experience: All contexts are not created equal

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-306

  McNeil, Nicole M ^a   Alibali, Martha W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; RANDOMIZATION; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 33645242498     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0602_6     Document Type: Article

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