Investigating children's understanding of inversion using the missing number paradigm

Cognitive Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-316

  Gilmore, Camilla K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Concepts; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744522327     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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