Does Comparing Solution Methods Facilitate Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge? An Experimental Study on Learning to Solve Equations

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 561-574

  Rittle Johnson, Bethany ^a   Star, Jon R ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual (declarative) knowledge; learning processes; mathematics concepts; mathematics education; procedural knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548852840     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.3.561     Document Type: Article

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