Problem Solving and Computational Skill: Are They Shared or Distinct Aspects of Mathematical Cognition?

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-47

  Fuchs, Lynn S ^a   Fuchs, Douglas ^a   Stuebing, Karla ^b   Fletcher, Jack M ^b   Hamlett, Carol L ^a   Lambert, Warren ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

calculations; cognitive predictors; mathematics; word problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749111850     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.100.1.30     Document Type: Article

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