Are east Asian versus American differences in arithmetical ability a recent phenomenon?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 254-262

  Geary, David C ^a   Chen, Guo Peng ^c   Salthouse, Timothy A ^b   Fan, Liu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d China Central Institute for Educational Sciences   (China)

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EID: 34247203500     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.32.2.254     Document Type: Article

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