Arithmetic problems at school: When there is an apparent contradiction between the situation model and the problem model

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-80

  Coquin Viennot, Danièle ^a,b   Moreau, Stéphanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Laboratoire Langage Mémoire et Dévelopement Cognitif LMDC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOL; SEMANTICS;

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOLS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33947266122     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709905X79121     Document Type: Article

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