The array representation and primary children's understanding and reasoning in multiplication

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-241

  Barmby, Patrick ^a   Harries, Tony ^a   Higgins, Steve ^a   Suggate, Jennifer ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Array; Multiplication; Reasoning; Representations; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349094954     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-008-9145-1     Document Type: Article

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