Numerical magnitude representations influence arithmetic learning

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1016-1031

  Booth, Julie L ^a,b   Siegler, Robert S ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

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ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 47249098350     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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