Chinese children excel on novel mathematics problems even before elementary school

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 759-763

  Siegler, Robert S ^a   Mu, Yan ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PARENTING; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 50249106315     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02153.x     Document Type: Article

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