Concept-procedure interactions in children's addition and subtraction

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-149

  Canobi, Katherine H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addition; Cognitive development; Commutativity; Concepts; Inversion; Procedures; Subtraction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 56549122795     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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