The representation of multiplication facts: Developmental changes in the problem size, five, and tie effects

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-56

  De Brauwer, Jolien ^a   Verguts, Tom ^a   Fias, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Development; Memory retrieval; Mental arithmetic; Multiplication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33645728037     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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