Enhancing challenged students' recognition of mathematical relations through differential outcomes training

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 571-580

  Estévez, Angeles F ^a   Vivas, Ana B ^b   Alonso, Diego ^a   Marí Beffa, Paloma ^c   Fuentes, Luis J ^d   Overmier, J Bruce ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b City Liberal Studies   (Greece)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; SYMBOLISM; TEACHING;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL FACILITATION; STUDENTS; SYMBOLISM; TEACHING;

EID: 34247264872     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210600820039     Document Type: Article

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