Children's understanding of the arithmetic concepts of inversion and associativity

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-362

  Robinson, Katherine M ^a   Ninowski, Jerilyn E ^a   Gray, Melissa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Associativity; Conceptual knowledge; Inversion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33745969503     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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