Children's understanding of addition and subtraction concepts

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 532-545

  Robinson, Katherine M ^a   Dubé, Adam K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addition; Arithmetic; Associativity; Conceptual knowledge; Inversion; Subtraction

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349132241     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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