Influence of situational and conceptual rewording on word problem solving

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 829-848

  Vicente, Santiago ^a   Orrantia, Jose ^a   Verschaffel, Lieven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REWARD; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REWARD; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 36749084488     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709907X178200     Document Type: Article

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