Reversibility of thought: An instance in multiplicative tasks

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-151

  Ramful, Ajay ^a   Olive, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiplicative; Proportion; Reversibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349102977     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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