Why can't johnny remember the basic facts?

Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-79

  Baroody, Arthur J ^a   Bajwa, Neet Priya ^a   Eiland, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arithmetic knowledge; Basic number combinations; Combination fluency; Meaningful memorization; Number facts; Number sense

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCREENING TEST; THEORY;

EID: 64549092869     PISSN: 19405510     EISSN: 10982779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ddrr.45     Document Type: Article

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